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Unidentified Porch

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Description: Unidentified porch with rustic railings, and chairs.
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Drawing

Floating Gardens Resort Drawing

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Description: Preliminary sketch, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, for the Floating Gardens Resort. The drawing may be an early concept for the resort of a detail for the re...
Drawing

Floating Gardens Resort Drawing

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Description: Preliminary sketch, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright, for the Floating Gardens Resort. The drawing may be an early concept for the resort of a detail for the re...
Postcard

Main Lodge at Old Mission Inn

Date: 1937
Description: Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
Photograph

Old Mission Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit...
Photograph

Old Mission Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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Madison from the Resort-Spa Water Cure

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Description: Downtown Madison viewed across Lake Monona from the resort-spa Water Cure. The skyline includes the Capitol, the dome on University Hall, several downtown ...
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Two Men in front of Lodge

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Description: Exterior view of a lodge, probably on Rock Island in Door County. Two men pose in front of the building.
Photograph

Fountain House

Date: 1878
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain House.
Postcard

Bethesda Spring

Date: 1905
Description: View of the Bethesda Spring. Caption reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge

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Description: Cottage interior with a large window looking out on the lake. Caption reads: "Typical Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge, Three Lakes, Wis."
Print

La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
Photograph

Little Bohemia Lodge

Date: 1990
Description: The Little Bohemia Lodge where John Dillinger and his gang escaped from the FBI after a shootout in 1934. The lodge was visited by members of the crew for ...
Postcard

King's Lodge Cabin

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of walkway with a rustic gate leading up to the front entrance of a log cabin. Caption reads: "King's Lodge on Moose Lake, Hayward, Wis."
Photograph

Cabins and Boats at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of vacation cabins and boats along lake shoreline of Turtle Flowage. The roof of the building on the right says: "Al's Place / Lunches — Ca...
Photograph

Hall's Resort on Chippewa Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of an automobile parked next to a building that has a gasoline pump in front of it by the dirt road of County Trunk B. There is a hand-pai...
Photograph

Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
Postcard

Shady Rest Cottage

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of Shady Rest Cottage at Lake Breeze Resort. The building has a stone chimney and there is a wooden bench swing in the front yard. Caption re...
Photograph

Covewood Lodge

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Description: Chairs and a table are arranged around a fireplace inside the rustic living room at Covewood Lodge. The ceiling features exposed wooden beams and the walls...

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