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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the theater. There are posters in front of the entrance. A current attraction is George Fawcett in "The Frame... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from street of the stone hotel on a corner. Large awnings are over the first floor windows. Decorative ironwork is on the roof. Caption reads... |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of a hotel with a porch. People on posing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Ureck's Auditorium Hotel, Brown's Lake." |
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| Description: | Interior view of the "Welcome Inn" Tavern at the Hotel Interlocken. The painted walls have a German theme. Beer steins are displayed on the shelf above the... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a three-story building, which has several signs indicating it is the Hotel Swoboda. Three cars are parked outside the building, and ... |
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| Description: | View of the window display of an ice cream parlor. There is a decorative wood screen hanging above a display of boxes of chocolate and signs for ice cream ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Rhinelander, Wis." Hotel built of brick, with a marquee that reads: "Hotel Fenlon, Cocktail Lounge". There is also a ve... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hotel Engelbright and Masonic Temple, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel and Temple stand together on the right side of an unpaved street. There ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: "Log Chapel dedicated to St. Jude, Apostle, at the terminus of a bridge from which a wayside shrine and World War-I Memorial is viewed.... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to... |
| Date: | 07 31 1924 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Foeste Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis." A corner view of the Foeste Hotel, which has many arched windows, and dormer windows above. An automob... |
| Date: | 08 20 1981 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik. Sister Bay, Door County, Wis. 54234." A goat is standing on the turf covered roof of a r... |
| Date: | 06 16 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis." Bethesda Spring is located inside an ornate pavilion surrounded by trees. The Terrace Hotel can be s... |
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