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Vilas Park Carousel

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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.
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Lawe Street Hill

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Description: Scenic view of two women standing along a railing on a sidewalk above a stone wall viewing the way to the river. Caption reads: "Lawe Street Hill to Fox Ri...
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Little Chute Dam

Date: 1910
Description: View across water looking towards the dam. There is a stone wall to the right of the dam, and a building above it. Caption reads: "Section of Little Chute ...
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View of Lake Michigan

Date: 1932
Description: View of Lake Michigan from Memorial Hall. Caption reads: "Lake Michigan from Memorial Hall, Racine, Wisconsin".
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
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The Dam at Darlington

Date: 1910
Description: View across top of the Pecatonica River dam towards the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "The Dam at Darlington, Wis."
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Lake View Hotel, Devils' Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced black and white photographic postcard, a double length panorama of the Lake View Hotel. The lake shore is stabilized with a rock wall and a ...
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Lovers' Lane, Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: View down tree-lined "lovers' lane" on a hill along a stone wall and rock outcroppings in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Lovers' Lane, Irvine Park, Chippewa ...
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Chetek Scenery, Lake Chetek

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Description: Hand-colored postcard view across water towards the shoreline of Lake Chetek. Along the shoreline is a stone retaining wall and a flight of steps leading f...
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The Pine Resort

Date: 1939
Description: View from pier across water towards the Pine Resort, which is a three-story building with screened-in porches on the shore of Egg Harbor. Street lamps line...
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Ruins Old Mill

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Description: View of what's left of the ruins of a mill, with concrete arches over the water, and a stone wall. Caption reads: "Ruins Old Mill, Monterey, Janesville, Wi...
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Stone Bridge and Prairie River

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Description: View along shoreline towards the stone bridge with three arches over the Prairie River. There is a stone wall along the opposite shoreline near the bridge....
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Lily Pond and Surroundings

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Lily Pond and Surroundings, St. Philip School, Rudolph, Wis." An elaborate structure of rocks surrounded by a lily pond. Through an o...
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Hygiea Mineral Spring

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hygiea Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." The spring is shown inside a pavilion and surrounded by stone walls and balustrades. There is ...
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Beautiful Dam at Taliesin

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Beautiful Dam at Taliesin, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loyd Wright. Spring Green, Wisconsin." The pond at Taliesin, the home of Fran...
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Taliesin

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Taliesin, Home of Frank Lloyd Wright, Spring Green, Wis." View across the pond, looking towards the house on a tree-covered hill. A...
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Billings Park

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Billings Park, Superior, Wis." A city park on the St. Louis River, a freshwater estuary. Small islands with several bridges are surro...
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Bridge Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bridge Scene, Theresa, Wis." The stone arch bridge over the East Branch Rock River was built in 1874, replacing the original bridge b...
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Fall Mill Street

Date: 01 12 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Fall Mill St., Waupaca, Wis." Water flowing over a dam on the Waupaca River. There are advertising signs on the dam and buildings ca...
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Pine River

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Pine River, Wild Rose, Wis." View along left side of a riverbank towards a bridge, with a stone wall along the right bank. Another st...

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