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| Description: | Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Path along Lake Michigan beach. Below are people walking along the shoreline. Further down the path is a small group of people. Pilings are in the water in... |
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| Description: | View looking down toward a curving stairway leading down to a terrace with columns and ornate railings. In the background is a flagpole on the overlook to ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people walking on a path by the Whitefish Bay Resort along the lake front. Caption reads: "Whitefish Bay Resort, Milwaukee." |
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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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing the lighthouse and fog signal at Devil's Island in the Apostle Islands. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Devil's Island,... |
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| Description: | View up path in the snow towards a red cabin among birch trees. In the background are pine trees, and a hill in the far background. Title on back reads: "S... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a modest chapel on the grounds of Holy Hill. Erected in 1879. Caption reads: "Americas Favorite Place of Pilgrimage."Caption reads: "Shri... |
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| Description: | View along shore path at Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Shore Path Encircling Lake — Lake Geneva (Near Chicago)." |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned photographic postcard view looking out towards the Picnic Point Peninsula jutting out into Lake Mendota. A walking path is on the left Caption ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hog's Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hog's Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A man... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "In Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin." Steps and a path next to a stream in Cold Water Canyon. The scene is fully wooded and ... |
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