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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. |
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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: | 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... |
| 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." |
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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: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards the Yacht Club on shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Oshkosh Yacht Club, Oshkosh, Wis... |
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| Description: | View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the kiddie train at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). The train was donated by the Madison Lions Club and operated from 1953-1968... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard from hill of White Sand Lake seen through trees. A raft with a diving platform is near the shoreline. Caption reads: "White Sand Lake... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Harriman Avenue in the residential district. A little girl is standing with her baby carriage on the sidewalk between a telep... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of the lighthouse and boathouse at Bray's Point. Caption reads: "Bray's Point and Light, Junction of Fox River with Lake Winneba... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a building housing a store and post office, surrounded by trees next to a lake. Captions read: "Boe's Store and Post Office, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Scenic view along shoreline of Green Lake at Pleasant Point. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Color enhanced black and white photographic postcard, a double length panorama of the Lake View Hotel. The lake shore is stabilized with a rock wall and a ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A row of maple trees lines the brick walkway along the main house at Black Point. There are benches on the lawn; Geneva Lake is in the background. A gable ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of Thoma's Resort. Little Cedar Lake is in the background. Caption reads: "Thoma's Resort, Little Cedar Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the Lake Lawn Resort. Delavan Lake is in the background on the left. There is an automobile parked under a roofed entryway that leads ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Lake Lawn Resort on Delavan Lake. The hotel is a large white building with a wrap-around porch, and two spires. Caption reads... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a group of people standing on a pier. Sailboats are anchored in the water in the background. Caption reads: "Scene Along the W... |
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