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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor...
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Swimming on Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the swimming pool on top of the mounds in Blue Mounds State Park. There are people swimming as well as standing around the si...
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Harnsward Lodge, Little Cedar Lake

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Description: View across lake towards Harnsward Lodge, with a group of people in bathing suits sitting on the landing of the boathouse. Caption reads: "Harnsward Lodge,...
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Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
Description: Elevated view towards dock, and a diving platform at Camp Brosius. A sailboat, rowboat and canoes are in the lake. Several people are swimming or standing ...
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Bathing Beach

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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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Beach; Fontana, Wisconsin

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing beach on Lake Geneva. Text on reverse reads: "Fontana lies at the west end of Geneva Lake with an excellent beach. Large spacio...
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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...
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Howe's Boat House, Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View down pier towards a boathouse on the shore, with groups of people sitting and standing on the platform in front. A group of people are in a rowboat ne...
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Bathing Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 1954
Description: Color postcard view of a crowded bathing beach at Lake Wingra.
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Scene on Long Lake

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene on Long Lake, Saxeville, Wis." A dock is on the shore of a lake with a large tree overhead. One person is on the dock, another ...
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North Beach at County Park

Date: 1929
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...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Sheboygan, Wis." View from water towards a large beach on the Lake Michigan shoreline. There is a crowd on the sand an...
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Pattison State Park

Date: 1960
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 ...
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Donges Bay

Date: 07 25 19011
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuchs, The only natural Pine Grove within a 100 Miles of this City. The Grandest and Finest Ravines, at Donges Bay, and Fairy ...
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Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Text on front reads: "Two Rivers - The Coolest Spot in Wis." On reverse: "A speed boat, blue waters and a pair of water skis make a perfect day. Vacationla...
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Municipal Bathing Beach

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Municipal Bathing Beach. Watertown, Wis." Slightly elevated view of a bathing beach on the Rock River. Many swimmers are in the water...
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Playgrounds

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees...

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