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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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An Ingenious Affair

Date: 1898
Description: A woman and a boy are sailing the boat named Islander on Archibald Lake. There is a raft in the foreground. Caption reads: "An Ingenious Affair."
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Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
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Turvill's New Sailboat

Date: 08 27 1896
Description: View from rocky shoreline of Turvill's new sailboat tied to a dock. A women is standing on the narrow wooden dock. A man is standing in the sailboat, with ...
Postcard

Shores of Lake Kegonsa

Date: 08 08 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Shores of Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton, Wis." A man and woman are standing on the shoreline while three children are sitting in a sailboat...
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Sailboats on Geneva Lake

Date: 1930
Description: A young man in the foreground, possibly Ernst Schmidt, stands looking out at sailboats on Geneva Lake. In the foreground on the left a woman is on a sailbo...
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Outdoor Life

Date: 05 20 1957
Description: Jean Whiffen and Marilyn Tormey pose for a portrait in a sailboat.
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Peninsula State Park Golf Course

Date: 1969
Description: A woman getting ready to putt on the green at the Peninsula State Park Golf Course. A man stands on the left watching, and parked behind him is a golf cart...
Postcard

Scene Along the West Shore

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline towards a group of people standing on a pier. Sailboats are anchored in the water in the background. Caption reads: "Scene Along the W...
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"Solid Comfort" Sailboat

Date: 1885
Description: View across water towards the "Solid Comfort" on Lake Mendota. A man is standing on the cabin roof at the front; with a man and woman standing below him. O...
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Steamboat Landing at Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph elevated view of a steamboat landing in front of the Whiting House. Groups of people are standing on the pier, and more are on the steamboat. S...
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Kenneth T. White Family

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue, Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mendota.
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Katherine Quinney

Date: 
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, standing on the shore of Lake Michigan with a ship in the background.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1858
Description: Elevated view from bluff looking down on city, with Lake Michigan in background. Detailed foreground with two boys playing with a grounded kite, while a ma...
Painting

A Sunday on the High Seas during my Crossing to America

Date: 1856
Description: The main deck of The Tuisco, showing groups of immigrant men, women, and a child in brightly colored clothing, conversing while standing below a ful...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
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Lizzie W. at Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Sailboat Lizzie W. at the Mission Dock. Captain Daniel Russell Angus, in the white sleeves, is at the tiller. The boat was named after Elizabeth Woo...
Postcard

A Cool Retreat on Lake Winnebago

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline towards a group of people gathered on the lawn and rocky shoreline of Lake Winnebago. A two-masted sailboat is moored in the far backg...
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View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1857
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison over rooftop and across lake with sailboats and steamers. A group of people are standing on a viewing platform on the roof in th...
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...

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