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Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Cover from Goodrich Steamship Lines schedule, with a picture of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel against the Chicago skyline and a beach scene in th...
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks with a color illustration of a truck driver sitting in an easy chair with his feet propped up under the text "c...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
Postcard

Lake Park Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: Path along Lake Michigan beach. Below are people walking along the shoreline. Further down the path is a small group of people. Pilings are in the water in...
Magazine or Periodical

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 1870
Description: Magazine illustration of the home, titled: "Soldiers' National Asylum at Milwaukee, Wisconsin". The building is in the background, and in the foreground ar...
Postcard

Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
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Greenville Mills Brochure

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Description: A page from a Greenville Mills employee brochure showing employees enjoying themselves playing baseball, playing at a family picnic, and smoking.
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Here's a Go!!

Date: 1936
Description: Holiday card with a man lounging in a easy chair. He is holding a cigarette in a holder in his left hand and a cocktail in his right. He is wearing a smoki...
Photograph

Sitting on a Sidewalk

Date: 1936
Description: Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway.
Postcard

The Lodge at Telemark

Date: 09 02 1975
Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Lodge at Telemark showing one of the largest stone fireplaces in the world. It is constructed out of 155 tons of nati...
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North Coast Limited "Dude Ranch Vacations" Luncheon Menu Exterior

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Description: Exterior of the luncheon menu for the Northern Pacific Yellowstone Park Line, with a photograph of a woman wearing a blouse and skirt, neckerchief, and cow...
Photograph

View on the Lawn "The Highland"

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Highland Hotel's lakeside lawn. Several park benches are among the trees on the lawn. In the background at the shoreline is a boathouse with a ...
Postcard

Hillside Lift, Chateau Madeleine

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Description: Photographic postcard view of three people on the hillside lift at Chateau Madeleine. Lake Superior is at the bottom of the hill. Text on back reads: "Summ...
Postcard

Bathing Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 1954
Description: Color postcard view of a crowded bathing beach at Lake Wingra.
Postcard

Cedar Lake

Date: 12 18 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Cedar Lake near Kiel, Wis." Many people are enjoying the lake, with two groups in boats and two groups on shore. The shoreline is lin...
Postcard

Summer Cottages

Date: 03 20 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Summer Cottages, Shell Lake, Wis." View across lake towards cottages on the shore, and boathouses, piers and trees. A man is standing...
Postcard

Fountain Spring House

Date: 07 14 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Fountain Spring House, Waukesha, Wis." On July 4, 1874, the Fountain Spring House opened for business. Built of Waukesha limestone, t...
Postcard

Moor Mud Baths

Date: 1927
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Enjoying a Health Bath at Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wisconsin. 'America's Most Famous Moor (Mud) Bath Institution.' An ideal plac...
Postcard

Title

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Description: Text on front reads: "Private Bath Room, Ladies' Moor (Mud) Bath Dept., Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesha, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "Moor (Mud) Baths, Waukesh...

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