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Sulpho-Saline Spring Pavilion

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Description: View of the Sulpho-Saline Spring Pavilion, built in 1917 according to the plans of George Kessler and architect Henry F. Hoit. A woman sits on a bench outs...
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Pertle Springs and Bandstand

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Description: A view of a bandstand and Pertle Springs, an iron-rich spring whose name comes from William S. Purtle, the owner of the land in the early 1800's. A man sit...
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Administration Building and Reflecting Pool

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Description: Front view of the large, monumental Administration Building with a reflecting pool. Also known as the Simon Burach Building after the famed hydrotherapist,...
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Massanetta Springs

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Description: View looking down into a covered shelter, built in the early 1900's, for Massanetta Springs. A group of people are sitting in the shelter which is in a cou...
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Wallace Bruce and Girl at Alpine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Wallace Bruce and a young girl rest at Alpine Park, near DeFuniak Springs. He is sitting on a well, and the girl is standing beside him under a covered she...
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Sanitarium Bath

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Description: View of a sanitarium bath near a pond at a sulphur spring. The waters were advertised to aid kidney and stomach troubles.
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Miller's Swimming Hole

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Description: A group of people bathe at Miller's Swimming Hole at Elk Springs. Three people prepare to dive into the water while others swim or sit on the rocks.
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Spring Near River Pine Sanitarium

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Description: View of a spring on the way to River Pine Sanitarium, which opened in 1906.
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Spring in Mitchell's Glen

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Description: Two men stand near a geological formation in Mitchell's Glen, formerly owned by S. D. Mitchell.
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Chippewa Spring House

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Description: The Chippewa Spring House, a small round building with a conical roof with a sign over the door reading "Chippewa Spring," sitting off to the side of a dir...
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Pluto Spring Pavilion

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Description: View down wide walkway toward a group gathered outside the entrance to the Pluto Spring Pavillion in a a wooded area. In the foreground at right is an adve...
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Dripping Springs on Grant River

Date: 1900
Description: View from ice-covered river of Dripping Springs along shoreline in winter.
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At the Spring

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor portrait of a man standing near a spring in a wooded area surrounded by a wooden fence. He wears coveralls and holds two pails with a yoke over his...
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View of Tonyawatha House

Date: 1885
Description: View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House and several outbuildings on Lake Monona. There is a long dock extending into the lake from a boathouse on the...
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Lawrence University

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Description: Elevated view over the Fox River towards Lawrence University on the far shoreline in the autumn.
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel

Date: 08 30 1884
Description: View along the Lake Monona shoreline towards the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the pier with several sailboats. On the shore i...
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Spring House at Walnut Grove

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Description: Photograph from album with the caption: "Spring House" which shows a small building with two levels. In front is a closed door, and above on the second lev...
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Spring at Walnut Grove

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Description: Spring among large rocks at Walnut Grove farm.

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