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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ... |
| 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: | 01 02 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards a tree-covered shoreline near Dr. Whitcomb's Sanitarium. Two men are sitting in a rowboat near another man ... |
| Date: | 06 26 1939 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from hill toward the bridge along the right crossing the river. The bridge was completed in 1924. Caption reads: "Soldiers' and Sai... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal from the bay toward shore. A sailboat is on the left and a lighthouse is on shore on the right. C... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Wind Point lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan. A few neighboring homes are in the foreground. Some of the trees are displaying fall co... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across large manicured lawn of the stone building on Lake Michigan. The tree-lined far shoreline is in the background. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Scenic view along shoreline of Green Lake at Pleasant Point. |
| 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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| Description: | View across water towards the Grand View Resort on the shores of Fox Lake. Several people are sitting in rowboats lined up at the shoreline. Other guests a... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of the river flowing through Hattie Sherwood Park. |
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| Description: | Exterior view across water towards part of the Green Lake Bible Institute, with several other buildings. Two men are sitting on a bench near the lake shore... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a large lakeside house with a turret. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| 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... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a group of people gathered on the lawn and rocky shoreline of Lake Winnebago. A two-masted sailboat is moored in the far backg... |
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