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Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Lake Geneva

Date: 1891
Description: A plat map of the city of Lake Geneva.
Postcard

Ray T. Stemper Ski School

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Description: A group of ski instructors assembled for an outdoor group portrait. Text on reverse reads: "Every year thousands of students learn to ski in lessons fro...
Postcard

Broad Street Looking South, Lake in Background

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Description: View of the central business district with the street ending at the lakefront. Automobiles are moving up and down the street, one pulling a boat on a trail...
Postcard

Walworth II

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Description: Three views of the Walworth II excursion boat and its mail delivery service. Text on reverse reads: "The Walworth II provides daily mail service in the sum...
Photograph

Verboten

Date: 1952
Description: A boy smoking a corncob pipe, sitting in a cornfield. He is wearing bluejeans and a sweatshirt.
Photograph

Winter Shore Line

Date: 1952
Description: View of the shoreline of Geneva Lake in winter. Ice has built up on the foliage on the shore.
Photograph

Geneva Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Several people in bathing suits and casual wear are relaxing on a beach and in the water at a Geneva Lake beach. Several people are also sitting behind a r...
Photograph

Lake Geneva Hotel

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Geneva Hotel, a two-story, low horizontal building. A man is standing next to the car parked in front of the hotel. Caption reads...
Photograph

Metal Spinning

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a machine shop, where several people are standing and working at lathes. Around the shop are piles of machined parts, all of which are cyl...
Photograph

Early Morning

Date: 1952
Description: Water and reflections at Big Foot Beach State Park on Buttons Bay, Geneva Lake.
Photograph

Elkhorn Cornet Band

Date: 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a band. The men are posing in their uniforms and are holding their instruments. A drum on the right has a sign that reads: "Elkho...
Photograph

Big Foot Beach

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: View of a beach, framed by a tree at the shoreline in the foreground, and trees oon the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: View at Big Foot Beach, State Pa...
Photograph

Squirrel In a Window

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Description: A view from inside Oakwood of a squirrel sitting outside a window.
Photograph

Squirrel In a Window

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Description: A view from inside Oakwood of a squirrel sitting outside a window.
Photograph

Oakwood Parlor

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Description: Interior view of the parlor at Oakwood, including a table covered with a tasseled cloth, dolls on a chair, and bookshelves.
Photograph

Squirrel On Stairs

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Description: A squirrel on an outdoor stairway at Oakwood.
Photograph

Oakwood Scrapbook Page

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Description: A scrapbook page featuring six photographs of squirrels, a cow, and a man feeding doves.
Photograph

Lake Geneva Scrapbook

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Description: Six photographs of water scenes mounted on a scrapbook page.
Map or Atlas

Map of Geneva Village

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Description: A map of Geneva Village including Geneva Lake.
Photograph

Man and Tree

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Description: Portrait of a man sitting on the ground outdoors in front of a tree.

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