Groups of people enjoy the day from the piazza of the Green Bay Yacht Club clubhouse, ca. 1905. A number of yacht clubs were established in Green Bay in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.

The club house in this photograph housed the second club of the three, which hosted afternoon boat rides, picnics, swimming parties, and weekend races that often culminated in an evening of dancing or entertainment in the clubhouse. Despite the club's early popularity, within six years of its creation, the organization began to collapse through a series of destructive events.

While entertaining members of the Columbia and the Chicago Yacht Clubs in 1909, a large storm heavily damaged the clubhouse. Nine years later the building burned, scattering the few remaining members of the club, and ultimately lead to the club's 1920 bankruptcy. The site later became part of the Bay Beach Amusement Park.

Photo #6209.84.