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Edward Kremers & Friends in the Dells

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait of famed University of Wisconsin pharmacist, Edward Kremers, and several U.W. college friends on an outing to the Wisconsin Dells. Left to ...
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Black Earth Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists.
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Wally Byam Airstreamer

Date: 06 1959
Description: Two men with cameras around their necks stand near a couple in a Plymouth pulling an airstream camper through a gate. The sign on the gate in the backgroun...
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Gasoline Station

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Description: A small gasoline station and refreshment station advertising distilled water, hot dogs, hamburgers, groceries, coffee, and other products. Near the station...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: The back of the pictorial map titled Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 14 panels of text and photo...
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Allen Park

Date: 04 13 1925
Description: Elevated view over the Illinois River towards Allen Park, a free tourist camp. Tents are set up along the bank of the river, and a bridge spans the water i...
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Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...
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Free Tourist Park

Date: 1925
Description: The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds...
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Gallop Inn Resort on Elk Point

Date: 1931
Description: Men and women, some in bathing suits, pose in front of the Gallop Inn Resort restaurant.
Map or Atlas

Drummond Recreation Area : 200 Lakes with Fish, 52 Miles of Trout Streams

Date: 1968
Description: The map shows fire towers, public camp grounds, roads, snow mobile & riding trails, trout lakes, foot trails, railroads, and National Forest boundaries.
Map or Atlas

Flambeau River State Forest

Date: 1958
Description: Includes images of Flambeau River State Forest and a description of, canoeing and recreational activities in, and general park and forest information about...
Photograph

Oak Grave Camp

Date: 1929
Description: A man, woman, and child pose by a car near a tourist camping stop.
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Five Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of five men standing outside holding full lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake. In the background are tw...
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Cottage at Little Mountain Resort

Date: 1930
Description: A group of men and women pose on the lawn outside their cottages at the Little Mountain Resort.
Photograph

Evergreen Resort

Date: 1929
Description: The entrance way to the Evergreen Resort. The sign advertises rooms, hot and cold water baths, meals, camp sites, and tourist kitchens. Caption reads: "Eve...
Map or Atlas

Enjoy the Good Life in Grant County

Date: 1975
Description: A tourist map of Grant County that displays the various activities and attractions found in the cities throughout the county, such as boat landings, fishin...
Map or Atlas

Tourist Map Lafayette County Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: A tourist map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, that shows the locations of motels, camping, municipal parks, cheese factory tours, waysides, and golf course...
Map or Atlas

Outdoor Guide Map of the Lakeland Area

Date: 1964
Description: This 1964 maps shows roads, boat landings and marinas, campgrounds, canoe trails and portages, and lakes and streams in parts of Vilas, Oneida, and Iron co...
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Marinette Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: Stand of pine trees and pitched tents, with automobiles, in the Marinette Tourist Camp.

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