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Tour Boat "Josephine"
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Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock with other boats. The boat registration number is "37A333." Rock formations, trees and the dam are in the background.
1950
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W013YLU
WHi 151774
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