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Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
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Hotel Donnelly

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Hotel Donnelly. Men are standing and visiting on the porch. A sign on the corner reads: "Hotel & Livery." Horse-drawn vehicles...
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Hotel Carley

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Hotel Carley. Two women are sitting on the far left steps of the hotel. One man is sitting in a chair near the entrance, ...
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Butternut Lake Hotel

Date: 09 29 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Butternut Lake Hotel. The road, fence, trees and screened gazebo are in the center. A man is standing among the trees nea...
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Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
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New Traymore Hotel

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Description: Commercial postcard with slightly elevated view of people on the boardwalk at Atlantic City with the Traymore Hotel in the background. Postmarked from Atla...
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Street Scene

Date: 1906
Description: The printed inscription identifies this scene, "Looking South on Main Street, Montello, Wis." A woman is standing on the sidewalk at left near a parked bug...
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Eau Claire House

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photographic postcard from street towards the Eau Claire House on a street corner. There is a group of men standing in front. A buggy is along th...
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Sterlingworth Hotel, Lauderdale Lakes

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Description: Colored view across lawn towards a hotel with a screened-in porch. Three women are standing at the entrance on the left. In the center are three men standi...
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Eagle Inn

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Description: The Eagle Inn, a two-story wooden structure with a gabled roof, balcony and porch. Women and children are gathered on the front steps. A dog is running in ...
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Fall Creek, Wis.

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Description: A group of men and four girls are standing in front of a hotel office. Penciled in on the reverse, some of the people are identified. Left to right: Billy ...
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Hotel, Holcombe, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: View of a hotel in Holcombe with steps up to a porch with columns at the entrance, and a balcony above. A sign on the side of the building reads: "The Jour...
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Hotel Glenwood, Lake Geneva, P.O. Fontana

Date: 1906
Description: Hand-colored postcard view down pier towards a lakeside hotel. Tourists are standing on the pier, and are also on the lawn. A sign at the shoreline framing...
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Dickerson House

Date: 1907
Description: View down street towards the Dickerson House, with a sign above the entrance along the rooftop. There is a billiard hall and saloon further down the block....
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View of Madison from Assembly Grounds

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline towards the Madison skyline from across Lake Monona. Landmarks include a church, the Park Hotel, Madison City Hall, the old Capitol and...
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Badger Hotel and War Memorial

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Description: View from street towards a park with a cannon, a flagpole, lampposts and an arch. Two men are standing on the curved walk of the park. In the background is...
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Lincoln Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View from street towards a hotel on a corner. Men are on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Lincoln Hotel, Merrill, Wis."
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Red Circle Inn

Date: 1910
Description: A real photo postcard of the two-story, wood frame Red Circle Inn. There are two women, one of whom is holding a child, on the open first floor front porch...
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Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Spooner, Wis." Unpaved main street with many businesses on both sides. Automobiles and trucks are on the street or parke...

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