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| Description: | Illustration of "Forest Home." Caption at top reads: "'Forest Home,' Beloved of Frances E. Willard (1846-1858)." Caption at bottom reads: "1 1/2 Miles from... |
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| Description: | Color photographic postcard of William Tallman's Italian Villa residence. |
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| Description: | View of two homes with a stable in between. A fountain and railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Residence of Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, W... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View of a row of homes with lawns and porches along Main Street. There is a church with a clock on the steeple in the background. Trees line the sidewalk a... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the home of Charles A. Grignon. Built in 1837-38 by descendants of French-Canadian fur trappers. |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the sanitarium. There is a net set up on the lawn in the foreground. Caption reads: "Pennoyer Sanitarium, Kenosha, Wis. N.A. Pennoy... |
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| Description: | View of Marston Hall, a residential building at the Veterans' Home. Caption reads: "Marston Hall, Wisconsin Veterans' Home." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from road looking towards a Victorian house with a turret on the left, and a storefront with front porch behind the trees on the far right. Along the ... |
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| Description: | View uphill towards a summer home with a large screened-in porch and stairs leading up to the entrance. Halfway up the stairs is a roofed area over benches... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road towards a small wooden hotel among the pines. There is a balcony and a screened-in porch. A sign on a tree on the right reads: "The Pines, R... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of a three-story corner hotel with a turret. Caption reads: "Hotel Baker, Ladysmith, Wis." |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk of a residential neighborhood. There is a row of two-story wood-frame houses on the left, and commercial buildings are in the distance. ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of three buildings with verandas, comprising a hotel on a hill. People are gathered on the lawn around a picnic table. A large flow... |
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| Description: | View of two cabins near the lake, which is in the background below the hill. The cabins have flat roofs and wood siding. Caption reads: "Lake Front Cabins ... |
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| Description: | View across driveway towards a building with a front porch on a hill, with trees and flowering bushes flanking the stairs leading up to the entrance. Capti... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across front lawn with curving sidewalk towards an ivy-covered house. There are flower beds along the walkway. Caption reads: "Countiss Residence, Lak... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of young people playing croquet on a court surrounded by trees. Men and women are standing on the right watching. There are auto... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a lakeside resort among trees. Caption reads: "Spring Haven, Lake Geneva, (Near Chicago)." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of two large Victorian homes behind trees. Caption reads: "Residence of Messrs. — C. & W. — A. — Engsberg, La... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A row of three small cabins with screened-in porches. Groups of people are sitting in front of each cabin. Caption reads: "Willow Dale at North End of Rock... |
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