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Island Resorts at the Wisconsin Dells
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Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate advertises swimming, boating, fishing, picnics, and parties.
July 1927
Gillett, Sherwin
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