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West High School Baseball Players

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background.
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Group on Devils Island

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men and women standing on a dock at Devils Island. From left to right are Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough (Kansas City), Anne Ashley, Mrs. Hu...
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Group of Young People on Dock

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Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
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Group on Basswood Island Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women standing on Basswood Island Dock. Bill Baker, Elizabeth Hull, Florence Baker, Dorothy Stickney Ross, Louise Baker, Hamilton N. Ross ...
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Festival Crowd with Bucket of Water

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Crowd of audience members at the Sound Storm music festival passing a large bucket of water.
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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Divisional Skating Champions Crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet

Date: 12 27 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Divisional Skating Champions crowned in the Madison Skating Club Meet at Vilas Park.
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Toll Bridge across the Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River. Men and boys stand on the railing of the covered bridge. A sign warns: "look out for the cars."
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Pier at Brictson's Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
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Swimmers on the Pier at Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored image of two swimmers sitting on a pier with their legs in the water at a camp in West Point sponsored by Neighborhood House. Several other sw...
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Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of the 1958 city speed skating champions who won their races in the finals at Vilas Park.
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Rock River Clean Up

Date: 05 1999
Description: 77 volunteers pick up trash and debris in the Rock River. Chuck Trauba and the crew covered the river from Theresa Marsh to the Theresa Disposal plant. 50 ...
Postcard

A Steamship at the Warf at Christiansand

Date: 1908
Description: A postcard depicting a young man or teenager on a dock next to a steam ship.
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A Quiet Moment

Date: 1907
Description: A quiet moment between Clay and Doc. They're standing by the river, and Doc is smoking a cigarette.
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Kugler and The Gang

Date: 1914
Description: From left to right: Clay, Jack, and Edwin Kugler are next to a canoe on the shore of Pine Lake.
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The Boys Go Swimming

Date: 1916
Description: Jack and Russell Greene go swimming in the lake after setting up camp. There is a canoe in the foreground.
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Rain Gear

Date: 1911
Description: A young man wearing rain gear standing by a canoe and boxes of supplies.
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Drying Blankets

Date: 1911
Description: From L-R: Howard T. Greene, Bill Marr, and Doc Copeland holding a blanket over a campfire to dry it. The shoreline is on the right.
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The Gang in the Quetico River

Date: 1911
Description: Five of The Gang standing among rocks and logs in the shallow portion of the Quetico River. They are standing next to their canoes, which are loaded with s...
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Uprooted Tree

Date: 1911
Description: Carl Greene and Bill Marr posing and standing with their arms spread wide at the base of a large, uprooted tree at the shoreline. Their canoes are in the w...

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