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| Description: | The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an aerial view of Lake Wissota looking east on Highway 29. Many resorts are in the area. Lake Wissota is one of the largest man-made la... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking northwest, three miles east of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Big Lake Wissota is seen across from Highway 29 in this color postcard, with... |
| Date: | 08 20 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view through trees of the Lake Michigan shoreline. A birch tree with two trunks is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Aerial shot directly over Picnic Point. Boats are in the lake. Text on reverse reads: "Picnic Point — A peninsula of the University of Wisconsin campus jut... |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point from Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. Autumn color is in the trees. |
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| Description: | A sepia-toned photographic postcard of Picnic Point as seen from Observatory Drive. The lake is frozen and snow is on the ground. |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view looking out towards the Picnic Point Peninsula jutting out into Lake Mendota. A walking path is on the left Caption ... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a small beach surrounded by boulders. Caption reads: "Beach at Picnic Point, Madison, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of Picnic Point and Lake Mendota from over the men's residence hall at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Point — Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of a Niagara limestone shelf of rock that rises above Lake Michigan. This rarely occurs ... |
| Date: | 07 29 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Little Sister and Sister Bays, Sister Bay, Wis." A view from a hill of the shoreline of Green Bay, Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sawyer Harbor and Cabot's Point from Tower, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wis." Elevated view across Sawyer Harbor towards Stur... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Fishermans Shack, Wis Point, Superior Wis." A man peers around the corner of his tar paper covered fishing shack on Wisconsin Point. ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Hogs Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hogs Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A r... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hog's Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hog's Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A man... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Windigo Lake." On reverse: "Windigo Lake. 7 miles South of Hayward, Wisc. on Hiway 27. Vacation Paradise of Northern Wisconsin." Aeri... |
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