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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of King Street, looking east, with a streetcar. Lake Monona is in the background. Caption reads: "King Street, looking East, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Lake Lawn. Two turrets or towers are above the trees. The word "LAWN" is spelled out on the shorelineon the left. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from left side of road towards several buildings and a lake on the right. Down the road automobiles are parked outside of a building with a sign that ... |
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| Description: | Storefronts and pedestrians on Main Street, with Buffalo Lake in the background. The Montello State Bank is on the left street corner. The City Market is f... |
| 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: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Exterior view toward the store. There are two gas pumps in front, and trees and a lake in the background. Caption reads: "Log cabin store at Pine Grove Res... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a county road crossing over a lake. Two automobiles are on the road. On the right is a boat at the shoreline behind a "Parkin... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of cabins by a lake. In the foreground is a birch sign with antlers that reads: "Tonto." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight. The marker text reads: "FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fall color on Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain of Lakes. There is a boathouse on shoreline at the right obscured by trees. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Six images from Eleva, including two churches, two street scenes, a dwelling and a lake. |
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| Description: | View across water towards a lakefront resort and boat landing. There are people in a few boats in the lake, and other boats tied up at piers. There is tave... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Historical marker on the shore of Flambeau Lake. Erected 1937. |
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| Description: | View of the central business district with the street ending at the lakefront. Automobiles are moving up and down the street, one pulling a boat on a trail... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of Rock Lake. There is a sign posted on a tree that reads: "Erin Side", and it has also been added to the postcard on the right where it reads: "Erin ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a hotel on the lake. There is a large slide at the shoreline in the center, and near a long building on the left is what may be a... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | View of the dock at Esther Beach, Lake Monona. People are sitting in boats moored along the pier near the shoreline. Caption reads: "Landing at Esther Beac... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text at top reads: "Racine, Wis. View from Top of Court-House." An elevated view of Racine including the harbor. Buildings, rooftops, signs, the gas works ... |
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