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| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The summer home of J.J. Mitchell, formally known as Ceylon Court. Caption at right reads: "Greetings from Lake Geneva, Wis. (near Chicago)", and below read... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards a bridge, with children in a boat in the left foreground, and two other people in a boat in the center. Caption reads: "The Old Bridge, Stough... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of island with houses and boathouses and boats along the shoreline. Industrial buildings are in the background, and a sailboat is on the wate... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline from Lake Mendota of University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity men's rowing crew. People are watching from the boathouse in the backgr... |
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| Description: | View from lake of Camp Idyle Wyld. A two-story wet boathouse, a windmill, and several cabins are visible along the shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Camp ... |
| Date: | 09 24 1910 |
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| Description: | View of several fisherman's homes on Bear Island, one of the islands that make up the Apostle Islands. An American flag is flying between buildings and a d... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of the lighthouse and boathouse at Bray's Point. Caption reads: "Bray's Point and Light, Junction of Fox River with Lake Winneba... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a lake with boathouses along the shore and dwellings in the distance. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View from Cott... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards the new boat house constructed of Norway pine logs at Trout Lake. It is part of the forest ranger complex. Caption reads: "Boa... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of three private cottages along the shoreline of Eagle Springs Lake. There is a water tower on the far right. Caption... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view across water towards the Hotel Linden on the shore of Cedar Lake. On the far shoreline are two buildings, a boathouse, and boats lined up... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the White House resort at Cedar Lake. The view is across water towards two buildings on a wooded hill, and a dock with boats, and a bo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of Fish Creek from the bay. A boathouse and main dock are in the center. A bluff is in the background. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across water towards a lake house with a screened-in porch, and a boathouse at the shoreline. Caption reads: "West Shore, Eagle Point, Pike Lake, Wis.... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a resort, guest cottage and boathouse. Women are standing behind a fence on the lawn on the hill above on the right. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a wooden boathouse at the shoreline, on the slope of a wooded hill. There is a porch on the upper level. A rowboat is moored ... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a bridge over the Fox River. A dwelling with a boathouse is on the river bank on the right. Caption reads: "At the Bridge, Kaukau... |
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