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Helene Greenwood and Jean Dyer

Date: 1931
Description: Helene Greenwood and Jean Dyer pose wearing hats and long dresses at the Bowman Park dedication.
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"Apollo" — High Rock from Romance Cliff

Date: 1931
Description: Second to last steamboat on the river taken before 1931, burned in 1931. Taken from Romance Cliff, "The Apollo" is shown coming through with smoke billowin...
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Beach at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View of a beach with a group of sunbathers posing around a large billboard that reads: "The only safe clean sandy beach in the Dells."
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Main Lawn at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol...
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Fairbanks School

Date: 1931
Description: A simple sign over the front door identifies the one-room Fairbanks School. A flag hangs from a pole mounted on the roof. The top of the door is ornamented...
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Log Cabin — Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Guest log cabin in a wooded area at the Birchwood Hotel.
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Cottage at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Cottage with a screened-in porch and a yard surrounded by trees.
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Kea Ora — Glenco Cottages — on Lucky 13

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of "Kea Ora," a small cottage with a screened-in porch amongst the oaks and pines.
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Bauer's Rooms — 814 Elm St.

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists.
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Coe's Porches — 414 Broadway

Date: 1931
Description: View from street towards Coe's Porches, a place with sleeping porches and rooms for tourists. A group of people are standing in the front lawn and an autom...
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Mrs. Sam T. Cummings — Member of NTA — Free Garage

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a couple is sitting on the front stoop of a house which has rooms for tourists. A lawn swing and planters are on the lawn. There is a l...
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The Dixon

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of The Dixon, a Victorian-era house with guest rooms.
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The Elmwood Rooms — 531 Washington Avenue

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of private home in a residential neighborhood with rooms available to tourists. There are flower boxes on the railing of the porch.
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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The Marten's Room and Bath

Date: 1931
Description: Guest house with a sunroom in the front.
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Modern Home Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view across street of the Modern Home Hotel in a residential neighborhood. There are large, enclosed porches on the first and second stories. A la...
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Modern Rooms and Bath — 808 Elm Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of a house with rooms and baths for tourists.
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 — "At the Dells"

Date: 1931
Description: View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou...
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Oak Villa

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter view from road of a guest house with a large porch. A large sign on the lawn in front advertises running water in the rooms and a rate of $1 ...
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Oak Villa Annex — Mrs. S.J. Knudsen — Wis. Ave. & Oak St.

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of a house with rooms for tourists. The main house is in the background on the right. There is a lawn swing under a blossomin...

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