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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis.... |
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| Description: | An Indian man and boy in native garb stand on High Rock with the Wisconsin River in the background. The man is pointing towards the left and holding a bow ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a scene from the Apostle Island Indian Pageant. A large group of young children in white shirts are sitting along a sloped hill ne... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards White City, a group of white camping tents, pitched along the Chippewa River. People are in boats near the shoreline. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A colored photographic view from shoreline towards a truss bridge over the Otter Creek bridge. A horse and buggy are traveling on the bridge, and a woman a... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a campsite on the shores of the Chippewa River. People are in rowboats on the river. Caption reads: "White City, Eau Claire, W... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Colorized photograph of the Chippewa River, with the Grand Avenue Bridge on the left. In the foreground at the shoreline is a group of people at a boat lan... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking out towards the public beach with several bathers. Diving platforms are out in the bay. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis. The Ba... |
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| Description: | View from dunes towards a beach with bathers. The main dock and Peninsula State Park are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bathing Beach - Fish Creek, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the bath house at the lake front, seen from along a stony shoreline. Caption reads: "New Bath House, Fond du Lac, Wis." |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View along beach with many small stones towards three people near a beached sailboat. There is a boathouse in the background further down the shoreline. Ca... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of people swimming and standing in the lake. People are out in boats in the background. Caption reads: "Thoma's Bathing Beach, L... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pattison Park, Superior, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Pattison State Park. 12 Miles from Superior, Wisc. on Hiway 35. Interfalls Lake is ... |
| Date: | 09 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "The Original Dells Duck Tour. After descending the rock walled, fern covered trails, your Duck enters the beautiful Lower Dells of ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Tourists on the "Commander", a Wisconsin Dells tour boat on the Wisconsin River. The shores are lined with rock formations and trees. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At the Hawk's Bill, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." Tour boats filled with sightseers on the Wisconsin River. Trees are clinging on the side o... |
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