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Old Mission Cottages

Date: 1910
Description: View from water of Mission cottages along shoreline of Lake Superior in La Pointe, Madeline Island.
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Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost

Date: 09 18 1892
Description: Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar...
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Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: Rocky Roost, the Lamp family cottage, located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota, decorated for a party. Shown from the left are Matilda Lamp Lueder...
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Rockefeller Summer Home

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Description: View of "The Eyrie," summer home of American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, overlooking a river from the top of a hill. The home was erected in 1914 an...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the side of the Cottage and its corner tower. Part of the covered walkway is on the right. Women, men, and children are walking the...
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W.H. Ferguson Summer Home

Date: 1938
Description: Bavarian style cedar shake-sided summer home built in 1916 on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. W.H. Ferguson was from Beatrice, Nebraska and was co-founder...
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C.D. O'Brien Summer Home

Date: 1937
Description: Two-story house with an enclosed front porch, built in 1929 on the northwest shore of Madeline Island.
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Bracken Brae, John Johnston's Country Home

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Description: Bracken Brae, country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker.
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Black Point

Date: 1900
Description: View up brick path towards the exterior of the Conrad Seipp summer home at Black Point on Geneva Lake. A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front; a dog stands...
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Briarwood Residence

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Description: Exterior view across lawn towards the John J. Williams Sr. and Jr. summer residence "Briarwood." The house has a large wrap-around porch.
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House at Pine Lake

Date: 1913
Description: A photographic postcard of Henrietta Brumder's two and one-half story, wood frame summer home at Pine Lake. Henrietta was the widow of Milwaukee publisher ...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1895
Description: A view of the lakeside facade of the two and one-half story wood frame house at Villa Henrietta, George Brumder's summer home on Pine Lake. Logs form a ter...
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Sunroom

Date: 1925
Description: Geraniums and cannas grow in window boxes of the sunroom on the north side of Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder's summer home at Pine Lake. There is a low ra...

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