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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond.
Postcard

Mitchell Park

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Description: Small building covered with vines on the roof and sides on a path near the lake. Caption reads: "Mitchell Park, Milwaukee, Wis."
Photograph

Park Spring

Date: 1905
Description: Travelers stop by a spring in the woods for water with their early-model automobile. Two boys are standing at the spring, and a young girl stands above the...
Photograph

Louisiana Baptist Orphanage

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Description: A view from across the dirt path of Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, constructed in 1903. A fence surrounds the building which has tall windows.
Photograph

River Pine Sanitarium

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of River Pine Sanitarium, which opened in 1906. A path surrounded by trees leads past benches to the sanitarium porch. Caption reads: "River Pine ...
Photograph

Hillside Cemetery

Date: 1870
Description: View of the gate and gatehouse at Hillside cemetery. Caption reads: "Hillside Cemetery, Whitewater, Wis."
Photograph

The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring an entrance, gate, and a building in the background amongst plants and trees.
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin, Arboretum : Guide Map

Date: 1970
Description: Map features a legend of roads, trails, points of interest, buildings, and types of vegetation. To the right are "ARBORETUM REGULATIONS" regarding hours, p...
Photograph

Cap Carbon and Lighthouse

Date: 1927
Description: A switchback path leading to Cap Carbon and the lighthouse perched near the summit of the peninsula. The lighthouse is built on top of a giant rock that pr...
Map or Atlas

Map of Region of Little Kaukalin, Fox River

Date: 1800
Description: This map of the Little Kaukalin Region is ink on paper and shows Little Kaukalin Rapids, Black Bird Island, buildings, trails, meadows and woods, and a sug...
Painting

"Park" Columbus, Wis.

Date: 1911
Description: View along dirt path in a park. There is a soldier's monument in the background just beyond trees, and a brick building on the left.
Photograph

North St., Cazenovia, Wis.

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Description: Elevated view of an unpaved street or path in Cazenovia. Three men and a woman are standing and sitting on rocks along the path. Houses and buildings are f...
Postcard

Maple Avenue

Date: 10 28 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Maple Ave., Sawyer, Wis." A view of an unpaved street with a church and other buildings on the right. On the left is a path, fence an...

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