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| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor... |
| Date: | 09 19 1932 |
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| Description: | Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of three men on an elevated walk on an icy pier near the shoreline. A women and young boy stand on the pier below the walk. There is a lighth... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard along shoreline of a group of people fishing at Rudolph Mill. Sherwin Gillett's wife's cousin, William Schmitt, is standing in the fo... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Smoky Falls, now called Big Smokey Falls and found within the Menominee Nation. A boy is standing on the left near the falls. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man, woman, and two children standing on the rock ledge at Cave Point. Lake Michigan is on the right. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of Stubbs Cottages on Eagle Springs Lake. People are standing on the lawn along the lakeshore. Caption reads: "Stubbs... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a motor launch with striped canopy moored along the shore just above the Fox River Lock on Buffalo Lake. A finely dressed party o... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Sisters Lucy, left, and Jessie Underwood watch small waves on the shore of Lake Puckaway. Both are wearing large brimmed hats. There is a boat in the far b... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored autumn scene of Lake Chetek. A man and two children are fishing near a dock. Caption reads: "Lake Chetek Shoreline from City Park." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View across beach towards a small boy standing at the water's edge. Rowboats are resting on the shoreline in the background. Caption reads: "Sand Beach, Eg... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards two people in a rowboat on a lake. A man is rowing the boat, while a child is fishing is sitting in the back of the boat, fish... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of people on and next to a dock on a lake. Four people are in a rowboat. A boy is playing with a toy sailboat in the fore... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh... |
| Date: | 08 16 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela... |
| Date: | 08 08 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Boat Livery, Rice Lake, Wis." A boathouse with "Boat Livery" painted on it has many rowboats tied up to the moorings. A group of four... |
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