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| Description: | Hand-colored view of four women in a rowboat on Cedar Lake. One of the women is leaning her elbow on a post sticking out of the water. The tree-lined shore... |
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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: | Text on reverse reads: "Chateau Madeleine La Pointe, Wisconsin Summer and Fall Resort on Madeline Island (Apostle Islands) in Lake Superior. The Chateau's... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards an excursion boat at the end of a pier filled with tourists. A boy is fishing on the pier. Caption reads: "A Trip Around the La... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of people on and next to a dock on a lake. Four people are in a rowboat. A boy is playing with a toy sailboat in the fore... |
| Date: | 08 18 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lake Court Oreilles, Reserve Wis." A man in a rowboat looks out over the lake from a tree lined bay. |
| Date: | 08 16 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ... |
| Date: | 12 13 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View from Devil's Doorway. Devil's Lake, Wis." Elevated view of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's L... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Beach at County Park on Shawano Lake, Shawano, Wis." A giant water slide and hut can be seen in Shawano Lake at the beach. Swim... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire, Three Lakes, WI 54562. Phone 715 – 546-3331. The Resort Hotel that has it all." Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, o... |
| Date: | 09 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Northernaire Showboat Waterfront." Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire – Open Year-'Round. Three Lakes, Wisconsin." There are two im... |
| Date: | 06 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evening, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." As the sun sets, a group of men on a pier watch another man in a canoe on the lake. A sailboat is mo... |
| Date: | 09 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse: "Greetings, White Lake, Wis. First Cast of the Day." Two fisherman, facing in opposite directions, cast their lines into the water from a ... |
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