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Tank Cottage in the Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the cottage. Train cars are in the background. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River, before restora...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage

Date: 1930
Description: The Roi-Porlier-Tank Cottage with trees scattered about, and a low, stone wall in the front. The caption accompanying this image reads as follows: "Tank Co...
Postcard

Tank Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850."
Postcard

Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge

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Description: Cottage interior with a large window looking out on the lake. Caption reads: "Typical Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge, Three Lakes, Wis."
Photograph

Gatter Cottage, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: Cottage built by Marie Gatter beginning in the 1920s along the shore road in the park. It was razed in the winter of 1960-61. The chimney was originally pa...
Postcard

The Birch Cottage at Everett's Resort

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Description: Exterior view of the Birch Cottage surrounded by trees. There is a cushioned porch swing and other outdoor furniture on the rustic porch which wraps around...
Postcard

The Lakewoods Family Resort

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of the Lakewoods Family Resort on Lake Namekagon. All modern housekeeping cottages with an indoor heated swimming pool.
Print

Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
Map or Atlas

Door County : Tourist Map of Door County, Wisconsin, with Directory of Summer Resorts

Date: 1940
Description: This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and tourist hotels, cabins and cottages in the area. Ferry schedules to Washington...
Map or Atlas

Star Lake Country, Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: This 1909 map of northern Wisconsin and a portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula shows the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, cities and villages, railroad...
Postcard

Terrace at Fred Thomas Resort on Big Chetac Lake

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Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of a lawn with stone terraces and birch trees leading down to a lake on the left. There is a cabin in the background n...
Postcard

North Shore of Stone Lake. Planets (Near Crandon) Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: Colorized postcard view. Caption reads: "North Shore of Stone Lake. Planets (Near Crandon) Wis." Caption on back reads: "Looking towards the picturesque re...
Postcard

Sheboygan Bay, Elkhart Lake

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Description: Elevated view over trees and Sheboygan Bay towards a row of lakeside dwellings. Caption reads: "Sheboygan Bay, Elkhart Lake, Wis."
Postcard

Eagle Harbor Cottages

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Description: View of Eagle Harbor Cottages and the main office. An automobile is parked between two of the cottages on the left. Caption reads: "Eagle Harbor Cottages -...
Postcard

Bayview Cottages, Lake Arbutus

Date: 1951
Description: Cottages among the pines at Lake Arbutus. Caption reads: "Bayview Cottages, Lake Arbutus, Hatfield, Wis."
Postcard

Grindstone Lake Summer Resort

Date: 1911
Description: View across water towards a resort, guest cottage and boathouse. Women are standing behind a fence on the lawn on the hill above on the right.
Postcard

Friess Lake from the East, Holy Hill in the Distance

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Description: Elevated view across lake towards Holy Hill in the distance. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage." Caption at bottom reads: "Frie...
Poster

Francais souscrivez au Deuxieme Emprunt de la Defense Nationale

Date: 1916
Description: Poster with an illustration of flags at the top with the words: "Honneur et Patrie" on them. At the bottom of the poster is a cottage and a church flanked ...
Postcard

Edwards' Park

Date: 1907
Description: View of a park. Men in suits are sitting on the benches. Cottages are behind the trees. Caption reads: "Edwards' Park, Lake Waubesa, Wis."
Postcard

Crescent Park

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Description: Hand-colored postcard of a view down a path, with the lake on the left, and a row of lakeside cottages with screened-in porches on the right. Caption reads...

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