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Enjoying Rock Lake

Date: 1909
Description: View across water towards a group of people on and next to a dock on a lake. Four people are in a rowboat. A boy is playing with a toy sailboat in the fore...
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Gaff Rigged, Madison Style Iceboat

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Description: View across ice towards two people in an iceboat on Lake Mendota.
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Beach Scene

Date: 08 30 1953
Description: View from the beach of people swimming, playing in the sand, and sunbathing.
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The Motorboat Launch

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Description: View from front of boat towards three men, three women, and a young girl and a boy riding in a launch. The boat cover shades the people in the front, while...
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Building a Snowman

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Description: A group of people build a snowman while standing near a stone wall which has boots placed upon it. A wooded area is in the background.
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Rubber Raft Float Trip

Date: 1967
Description: Overhead view of a group of young people sitting in inner tubes splashing the water with their feet in the Apple River.
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Group Portrait of People Outdoors

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Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of a large gathering of people outdoors on the grass under trees. Blankets and cloths are spread on the grass and many poep...
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Group with Bicycles and Oars

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Description: A group of seventeen young people of varying ages posing outside against a hill with bicycles and a set of rowing oars.
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Price County Treasurer Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Price County Treasurer's office, with a three-quarter view of the county building, and people walking and children playing outside. Text ...
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Floating Trip on Apple River

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view down center of river towards a group of five people sitting and standing on a large rubber inner tube floating down Apple River.
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Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Interior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Interior of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with four scenes, perhaps representing the seasons, amidst flower...
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Washington Park Lagoon

Date: 1950
Description: View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ...
Postcard

Bear Lake — Haugen, Wis.

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Description: Two views of Bear Lake. The top is a daylight view with some fall color. The one below is at sunset, with two people in a canoe on the lake. Caption reads:...
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Boat Landing, Schliewert's Island

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Description: Colorized postcard view over water towards boats and boaters at a resort. In the background are people and boats near a pier. The resort is among trees on ...
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Ice on Old Man River

Date: 1961
Description: People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background.
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Setting Off For a Picnic

Date: 1905
Description: View towards shoreline of Archibald Lake where a group of five people, three women, one man, and one child, is getting ready for a picnic. Two rowboats are...
Poster

Co-op Poster

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Description: A poster featuring a man in a tri-corner hat directing a group of people as they raise the frame of a barn. The text reads, "NEIGHBORS built America" and "...
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Tennis at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha...
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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International Scout Strong Competitor!

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Description: Group of people and a large dog gathered near five International Scouts parked in a grassy field. They appear to be having a cook out as there is smoke, an...

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