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Scene at Vilas Park

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard showing people strolling around the grounds of the recently-opened Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "A Visit to the...
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A Stroll through Donges Bay

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Description: Well-dressed group of three women and one man walking along a dirt road lined with fences and telephone poles. Caption reads: "A Stroll through Donges Bay....
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Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...
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The Return From the Alps

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Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
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Boy and Girl Walking

Date: 1930
Description: A boy and girl walk down a path. She has her hand on his shoulder, and is wearing a dress and hat carrying a sack. He is dressed in shirt, knickers, stocki...
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Sitting on Stone Benches in the Winter

Date: 1909
Description: Two women sit pensively on stone benches on either side of a muddy gravel path. The one on the left is Elsie. Near her in the background are four children....
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View in Tenney Park

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Description: View along shoreline towards three people relaxing on the bank of the Tenney Park lagoon. A man is standing near two women who are wearing long dresses and...
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Ladies Picking Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1910
Description: Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si...

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