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Tank Cottage in the Spring

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the front of the cottage. Train cars are in the background. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River, before restora...
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The Lakewoods Family Resort

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of the Lakewoods Family Resort on Lake Namekagon. All modern housekeeping cottages with an indoor heated swimming pool.
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View of "The Hemlock"

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards main lodge and cabins at the Hemlock Resort on the east shore of Catfish Lake, STH 70, east of Eagle River. Caption reads: "View o...
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Eagle Harbor Cottages

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Description: View of Eagle Harbor Cottages and the main office. An automobile is parked between two of the cottages on the left. Caption reads: "Eagle Harbor Cottages -...
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Camp Interlocken Cottage

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Description: View across driveway towards a guest cottage at the Hotel Interlocken. Trellises are flanking the door on the screened porch. Caption reads: "Camp Interloc...
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Miller's Park, Long Lake

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Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Long Lake, with lakeside cottages. Caption reads: "Miller's Park, Long Lake, Haugen, Wis."
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Richard's Mountain View Cottages

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Description: Aerial view of guest cottages along Lake Holcombe. Caption reads: "Richards Mountain View Cottages, Holcombe, Wisconsin."
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Friess Lake from the East, Holy Hill in the Distance

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Description: Elevated view across lake towards Holy Hill in the distance. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage." Caption at bottom reads: "Frie...
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Lake Koshkonong

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Description: View along rocky shoreline towards a row of cottages on the shore of Lake Koshkonong. Boats are pulled up on the right, and the far shoreline is in the dis...
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Cottage 4, Dahlkes Timberline Resort

Date: 1962
Description: View down hill towards a small guest cottage surrounded by birch and other types of trees next to Big Lake at Dahlkes Timberline Resort. Rowboats are on th...
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Cottage Scene, Eagle Crest Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on...
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Silver Lake Resort and Picnic Grounds

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Description: View of Silver Lake Resort (from the lake). Several people are in rowboats, and some of the people have fishing poles. Cottages are among the trees in the ...
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Pine Lake House

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of a house from the driveway, which slopes down to the two-story wood frame building. Facing the driveway is an entryway which h...
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Echo Lodge, Echo Lake

Date: 1947
Description: View across lake towards cottages on the shoreline surrounded by pine trees. A rowboat and canoe are on the shore. Caption reads: "Echo Lodge, Echo Lake, M...
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Sockness Park

Date: 1943
Description: Text on front reads: "Sockness Park, Rice Lake, Wis." A dirt road runs towards the lake, then curves to the left along the shoreline. Cottages, boathouses ...
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Messengers Shore

Date: 06 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Messengers Shore, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis." Cottages and piers on the rocky shore of Devil's Lake. Tree-covered bluffs rise behind the...
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Boat Landing, Baraboo River

Date: 08 25 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Baraboo, Wis. Boat Landing, Baraboo River." A man in a boat on the river, trees, cottages and piers are on the shorelines. Text on re...
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Cottages South of the Waldheim

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Cottages South of the Waldheim, Star Lake, Wis." View across lake towards boathouses and docks on the shore of Star Lake, with cottag...
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Sunflower Resort from Long Lake

Date: 05 31 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Sunflower Resort from Long Lake. Near Stone Lake, Wis." Cottages above the shore of a lake through the trees. Docks and boats are on ...
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Camp Brooklyn

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Camp Brooklyn, Lake Kegonsa." One man and two women are boating on Lake Kegonsa. Cottages, trees and docks line the shore.

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