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| Description: | An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Rock formations at Congress Hall on the Dell View Resort property. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man and woman pose at the wooden walkway among the rock formations of Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down a narrow wooden walkway through rock formations at Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A high wooden pedestrian bridge along a forest path, crossing over a deep gorge. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A boathouse and canoe boats along Lake Delton. The boathouse is painted with advertisements that read, "Cottages - Rooms - Cabins - Refreshments - Free Cam... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Beach at the Squires' Evergreen Retreat. Two children stand at the top of the water slide while others play in the water. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a man and woman sitting in a canoe on Lake Delton. On the left is part of what appears to be a boathouse. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View down driveway of the entrance sign to the Evergreen Retreat. In the background an automobile is parked near buildings and a flag on a flagpole. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a wooden dock near a tour boat. The sign on top of the boat advertises "Summer Homesites." |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Wonder Spot "Book" sign that greeted thousands of visitors to the beloved Wonder Spot attraction in the Wisconsin Dells area, c. 1990. (Museum Object #2007 |
| Learn about the rise of Wisconsin Dells tourism, and read about the creation and collapse of the man-made river it was founded on. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two-story cottage with a built-in garage. There is a young vine over the roofed entrance, and a bench and potted plant near the garage door. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two cottages at Spruce Lawn. There is a vine on a trellis over the entrance of the cottage on the right. |
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| Description: | Menu from Jimmie's Del Bar with an illustration of black and green lines forming a cascading fountain effect, bound with a golden tasseled cord. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from the road of Dawn Manor, at Lower Dells, Lake Delton. The Dawn Manor is a small "gothic" house on the Dell View Hotel ground... |
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| Description: | View of the Dawn Manor coach house, which shows a woman standing next to the fence and a man posing with a horse-drawn carriage. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards wooden buildings on the left and right, and a bridge over the foot of Mirror Lake. There is a woman in a rowboat on the lake in t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a rock formation, "The Devil's Pulpit", on the shore of Mirror Lake. There is a man in a rowboat near the formation. Caption read... |
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