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| Description: | Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba... |
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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Three young boys gather around a wheelbarrow filled with giant peaches. One of the boys is holding a peach that has been broken open, exposing its pit. Two... |
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| Description: | Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A child rides a hobby horse that is pulling a wagon filled with a toy lion and doll. A rocking chair holding a large doll, a small doll and teddy bear is p... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of cabins by a lake. In the foreground is a birch sign with antlers that reads: "Tonto." |
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| Description: | Two views of Bear Lake. The top is a daylight view with some fall color. The one below is at sunset, with two people in a canoe on the lake. Caption reads:... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view over water towards boats and boaters at a resort. In the background are people and boats near a pier. The resort is among trees on ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of four women in a rowboat on Cedar Lake. One of the women is leaning her elbow on a post sticking out of the water. The tree-lined shore... |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from pier towards a large recreation building. The excursion boat "Miss Geneva" is under an awning on the right. Caption reads: "Mu... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards an excursion boat at the end of a pier filled with tourists. A boy is fishing on the pier. Caption reads: "A Trip Around the La... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of people on and next to a dock on a lake. Four people are in a rowboat. A boy is playing with a toy sailboat in the fore... |
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| Description: | View of a double-deck excursion boat filled with a crowd of tourists. A few men are standing on the sidewalk to the side. |
| Date: | 08 16 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Beach at County Park on Shawano Lake, Shawano, Wis." A giant water slide and hut can be seen in Shawano Lake at the beach. Swim... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire, Three Lakes, WI 54562. Phone 715 – 546-3331. The Resort Hotel that has it all." Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, o... |
| Date: | 09 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Northernaire Showboat Waterfront." Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire – Open Year-'Round. Three Lakes, Wisconsin." There are two im... |
| Date: | 06 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evening, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." As the sun sets, a group of men on a pier watch another man in a canoe on the lake. A sailboat is mo... |
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