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Elevated View of City — Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Feb. 1915". Text on right reads: "The Heart of Oshkosh. This birds-eye view represents about one...
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University Hill Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: An aerial view of University Hill Farms on Madison's west side, a complete 604 acre community developed by the Regents of the University of Wisconsin. Real...
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Aerial View of Boulder Junction

Date: 1959
Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left.
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Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort on the shore of Brown's Lake.
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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.
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Greetings from Bear Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Aerial view of Bear Lake, with surrounding forests and farms. Caption reads: "Greetings from Bear Lake."
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Greetings From Crandon

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of town, showing all of Lake Metonga in the background. Caption reads: "Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin."
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Greetings From Cumberland, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Island City surrounded by the waters of Beaver Dam Lake, and by a vacation and recreation area that includes some fifty lakes within a r...
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Lake Wissota - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of an aerial view of Lake Wissota looking east on Highway 29. Many resorts are in the area. Lake Wissota is one of the largest man-made la...
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Lake Wissota-Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view, looking northwest, three miles east of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Big Lake Wissota is seen across from Highway 29 in this color postcard, with...
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Lake Hallie near Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Aerial view of Lake Hallie on the Chippewa river.
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Aerial View of Lake Namakagon

Date: 1929
Description: Aerial view of Lake Namakagon, showing the roads that connect Anderson Island (center left), and Juneks Point, Eagle Point, and Paines Island.
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Schwartz Hotel, Elkhart Lake

Date: 1955
Description: Colorized aerial view of the Schwartz Hotel on the shores of Elkhart Lake, with several white buildings with red roofs. Caption reads: "Schwartz Hotel, Elk...
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Greetings from Gordon, Wisconsin

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Description: Color aerial postcard view of Gordon, with the St. Croix Flowage and the St. Croix River, and surrounding forests. Caption reads: "Greetings from Gordon, W...
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American Baptist Assembly

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of the Roger Williams Inn, Dining Hall, Inspiration Point and General Assembly area for the American Baptist Assembly.
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Grindstone Lake

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Description: Aerial view of Grindstone Lake and fall foliage. Text on reverse reads: "One of Hayward's most beautiful lakes, noted for world-record muskies, and white s...
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Teal Lake

Date: 1967
Description: Aerial view of a lake with islands surrounded by forest. Text on reverse reads: "Joined by a navigable water channel to Lost Land Lake this combined wat...
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Pike Chain of Lakes

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Description: Aerial view of the Pike Chain of Lakes near Iron River, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Pike Chain of Lakes." Text on back reads: "The ideal vacationland for fi...
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Wisconsin Veterans' Home

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Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin Veterans' Home campus beside Chain O' Lakes and the village of King. Text on reverse reads: "Founded in 1887 by The Grand A...
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La Crosse, Aerial View

Date: 1942
Description: Black and white aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River, including Riverside Park, the Black River and La Crosse River.

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