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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Camp Stella looking south toward the Bayfield County shoreline from an Apostle Island. |
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| Description: | Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago. There is a board sidewalk on the left. A sailboat is out on the lake on the right near the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view with buildings and a church in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking East from Chetek, Wis., Southworth's and Flinn's Point in the Distance... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ... |
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| Description: | View of the lake-side of the hotel. The hotel porch and balcony is on the far left, and beyond are smaller buildings among trees. The lake is on the right.... |
| Date: | 11 10 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of people are in a motorboat, named "Quo Vadis,, in the lake in front of St. Joseph's orphan asylum. Caption reads: "St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Gr... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Lake Geneva Bay, with assorted homes and hotels, and boats docked at long piers. Caption reads: "Geneva Bay, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The summer home of J.J. Mitchell, formally known as Ceylon Court. Caption at right reads: "Greetings from Lake Geneva, Wis. (near Chicago)", and below read... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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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| Description: | Cottage interior with a large window looking out on the lake. Caption reads: "Typical Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge, Three Lakes, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of King Street as seen from the Capitol grounds. Caption reads: "Looking Toward King Street from the Capitol, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water toward Colladay Park on Lake Kegonsa. Cabins are on the shoreline among trees. Caption reads: Colladay Park, Lake Kegonsa." |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the Methodist Hospital. A lake is in the background. Caption reads: "The Methodist Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin". |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a large boat, perhaps an excursion boat, and sailboats docked further down along the curving shoreline. Beyond the boats is a t... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over town towards the lake. Signs on some of the buildings read: "Old Partner Tobacco"; "Wisconsin Bag & Burlap Co."; "M. Burstein [?] and As... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a pier and the Yacht Club at the shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Club House and... |
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