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Midland Beach

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of people walking along Midland Beach and boardwalk. Several buildings stand alongside the boardwalk and a Ferris wheel is in the background.
Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map, Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: Shows Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, and parts of Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Jefferson, Walworth, and Racine counties. Includes indexes of "Cities, Town...
Map or Atlas

Map of Superior Wisconsin Showing Main Roads and a Few Points of Interest

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Superior shows many points of interests including camping, fair grounds, docks, tourist attractions, lakes, roads, and waterways.
Photograph

Beach at Ravenswood, Hotel Kilbourn

Date: 1927
Description: The Ravenswood beach on the Wisconsin River. A man is piloting an excursion boat as it is pulling away from the shoreline. Two rowboats are pulled up on th...
Photograph

Greetings from "Roll-Inn" at the Dells

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Description: A collection of images from Nettland's Roll Inn and other sites around the Dells including: the Narrows, Stand Rock, Lone Rock, and the beach at Lake Delto...
Photograph

Bathing Beach Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View along shoreline of a bathing beach on the Wisconsin River at Pine Glen Properties. Bathers on sitting on the beach on the left. Four more people are s...
Photograph

Bathing Beach at Ravenswood Hotel

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Description: View from the water of the beach at the Ravenswood Hotel. A group of people are in the water and along the shoreline. There is a tour boat tied up along th...
Postcard

Greetings from Walmar Lodge

Date: 1927
Description: Photographic postcard with views of Walmar Lodge, with two cottages and the Wisconsin River as seen from the lodge. Caption reads: "Greetings from Walmar L...
Map or Atlas

Milwaukee Welcomes You!

Date: 1956
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure features a map of Milwaukee's central business district as well as general information about parking, beaches and othe...
Map or Atlas

Cable Area Recreation Map: Cable, Clam Lake, Drummond, Grand View, Namakagon

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows various types of trails, boat landings, canoe areas, public beaches, picnic areas, campgrounds, golf courses, public tennis courts, and othe...
Map or Atlas

Top O' the Thumb, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows public boat ramps, parks, highways, beaches, bluffs, Green Bay, Garrett Bay, Europe Bay and Lake, Rowley's Bay and Ellison Bay. The map incl...
Map or Atlas

Door County, Wisconsin Fun Map

Date: 1970
Description: This map shows roads, parks, swimming beaches, golf courses, yacht harbors, light houses, airports, public hunting grounds, waysides, schools, and fishing ...
Map or Atlas

Sheboygan County : Official Leisure-Time Map, Your Guide to Gemütlichkeit

Date: 1970
Description: This map includes illustrations, a location map, text, lakes fishing guide, beaches, harbor and yacht clubs, and bathymetric maps of 10 lakes: Beechwood La...
Map or Atlas

Lac du Flambeau, Welcome to Indian Country : Vilas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1994
Description: This map shows historical sites, picnic grounds, public boat landings, canoe and motor boat trips, and resort locations. The left margin of the map include...
Postcard

Wisconsin Postcard

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Description: Printed color postcard. In the center is a map of Wisconsin with towns, rivers and other attractions over a yellow background. Around the outside is a doub...
Postcard

Greetings from Lake Geneva

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Description: Two views of Lake Geneva. Crab apple blossoms at Library Park, and the Municipal Bathing Beach adjoining Library Park. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lake ...

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