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Mail Delivery at the Dock

Date: 1921
Description: A woman and her dog meet the mail carrier in his delivery boat at the end of a pier on the west shore of Fox Lake.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, rivers, lakes, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of th...
Photograph

Couple with Horse-drawn Carriage

Date: 1924
Description: A young man and woman (probably Mary Brandel) pose on a parked horse-drawn carriage next to a drive. A man (face obscured) is standing behind the horse on ...
Photograph

Mary Brandel and Friends on a Pier

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, right, in bathing cap, poses with two friends on a pier to which a rowboat is moored. They are all wearing bathing suits. The far shoreline o...
Photograph

Boy Fishing at Fox Lake

Date: 06 1927
Description: A boy in bare feet and overalls fishes off a pier at Fox Lake. The lake and far shoreline are in the background.
Photograph

Marge Walsch

Date: 1949
Description: "Marge Walsch."
Map or Atlas

Map of Dodge County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This late 19th-century map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, some property...
Map or Atlas

Map of Fox Lake Area, Dodge County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This manuscript map, likely drawn in the 1930s, shows Fox Lake, in Dodge County, Wisconsin, and the roads and resorts in the vicinity.
Map or Atlas

Dodge County, Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: This 1899 map of Dodge County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, post offices, cemeteri...
Postcard

Birds Eye View from Cotton Mill Tower

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a lake with boathouses along the shore and dwellings in the distance. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View from Cott...
Postcard

Boat Landing, Schliewert's Island

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Description: Colorized postcard view over water towards boats and boaters at a resort. In the background are people and boats near a pier. The resort is among trees on ...
Map or Atlas

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Date: 1932
Description: This map of Beaver Dam shows new boundary lines for wards, existing wards, roads, railroads, and rivers. Roads and Beaver Dam Lake are labeled. There are s...
Map or Atlas

Historical & Pictorial Map of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Beaver Dam pictorially shows the history of the town. The map was made for the 100th anniversary celebration of Beaver Dam in 1941. The map inc...
Map or Atlas

Town Plat Record - Wisconsin Highway Commission : Town of Beaver Dam, County of Dodge

Date: 1952
Description: This map of Beaver Dam shows state trunk highway system, county trunk highway system, town roads, rivers, and Beaver Dam Lake and includes an additional at...
Postcard

Grand View Resort

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Description: View across water towards the Grand View Resort on the shores of Fox Lake. Several people are sitting in rowboats lined up at the shoreline. Other guests a...
Photograph

Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...

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