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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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Summertime view of the country club building. Caption reads: "Riverview Country Club, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 01 11 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the gymnasium. Caption reads: "Beloit College Gymnasium, Beloit, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Normal School. Caption reads: "Normal School, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the sanatorium. People are around a swing in the yard. Caption reads: "The Sanatorium, Hudson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Golf Club House in Janesville. Two women are standing on the porch Caption reads: "Golf Club House, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the gymnasium for the State Normal School. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Allis Chalmers Club House. Caption reads: "Allis Chalmers Club House, West Allis, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t... |
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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: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Camel rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) for children, given free by Zor Temple Camel Patrol on Sunday afternoons during the summer. A number of... |
| 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: | Colorized postcard of the Chateau in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees, shrubs, flowers and grass surround the building. An American flag flies in front and a... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Norwegian building at Little Norway. Built in Norway by the Norwegian Government, for the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a Norwegian building at Little Norway in Blue Mounds. Built in Norway by the Norwegian Government, for the Columbian Exposition, Chic... |
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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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption... |
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| Description: | Alexander Gymnasium and Chemistry Institute on the campus of Lawrence University. Caption reads: "Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A child rides a hobby horse that is pulling a wagon filled with a toy lion and doll. A rocking chair holding a large doll, a small doll and teddy bear is p... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of W.E. Porter's two-story house. The house has fancy trim. Three women are seated in the grass on the left, and a boy and girl are o... |
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