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Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
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View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
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Greetings — Woodley's Country

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Description: Color photographic postcard of three people navigating a red canoe through yellow water lilies in Woodley's Dam near Highway 8 and 46, north of Amery. Capt...
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Lone Rock

Date: 1888
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline of the rock formation in the Dells of the Wisconsin River. A man is paddling a canoe in the foreground. Printed o...
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Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse

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Description: Caption reads: "Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse." Text on reverse reads: "This mural decoration, on the south wall of the east entrance hall, rep...
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Muskie

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him.
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Returning to Camp

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of young men and boys paddling canoes toward the shore of Boulder Lake. A canoe on the left bears the YMCA insignia. Other yout...
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Toll Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Text handwritten on bridge: "Toll Bridge, Sauk City." A couple are standing in a canoe on the Wisconsin River, in front of the Toll Bridge. Old supports ca...
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River Scene

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "River Scene, Stoughton, Wis." Two women in a canoe on the Yahara River near wetlands foliage, with two people on the pedestrian bridg...
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Indian Canoe

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ...
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Fishing Scene

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fishing Scene at Winneconne, Wis." Many boats with men and women fishing are near the Main Street bridge over the Wolf River. The cit...
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House Boating at Clarke's Point

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "House Boating at Clarke's Point, Winneconne, Wis." A group of women posing in and around a canoe in front of a houseboat. In the back...

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