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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: Exterior of Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. The view is from one end of a colonnade, with a band performing near a door that leads into the resort b...
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Old Homestead at Bonnie View Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake.
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Stand at Glenco Resort

Date: 1926
Description: A restaurant with open-air patio seating at the Glenco Resort.
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Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
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Ridge-Birchwood Cottages — Kangaroo Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a cottage surrounded by trees and a lawn. A man and woman are sitting in lawn chairs near an oval-shaped stone bordered group...
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Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: View across lawn of the main building of the Birchcliff Hotel and the tree-lined drive. Vacationers are relaxing on the porch and the lawn.
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The Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of the main building of the Birchcliff Hotel. A porch is in the front, and a screened-in porch is on the right side. Chairs are o...
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Tennis at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha...
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Grounds at Butternut Lodge — Highway 13

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of the main building and grounds at Butternut Lodge. Three young children are on are a lawn swing, and a man sits in a chair nearby.
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Cottage at Chula Vista OR Chuna Vista

Date: 1926
Description: View up slope of one of the guest cottages at Chuna Vista, which has a large porch with a decorative railing. There is a round window beneath the gable abo...
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Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1927
Description: Two-story building with a wrap-around porch and a balcony. Includes a number of guest rooms with separate entrances.
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Springhill Cottages "At the Dells"

Date: 1927
Description: The grounds at Springhill Cottages, with four cottages on the hill in the background. There is a person sitting on a chair inside an open-sided building in...
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Riverside cottage with an automobile parked in front. The license plate reads: "Wisconsin 1938."
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of a cottage with a stone chimney.
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"Komfort Kabin Kourt" at the Wee Hoose — U.S. 16

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Description: View from road of row of cabins with chairs on the lawn in front. There is an automobile parked behind the first cabin.
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Bathing Beauty Contest

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: Elevated view of crowd at E.H. Myrland's Farm's Sky Lodge at the bathing beauty contest at the dedication of a new swimming pool at the resort which opened...
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Egg Harbor Lodge

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Description: Two views of Egg Harbor Lodge — with the view of the lodge, and of Green Bay.
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Nippersink Lodge

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Description: View across lawn towards a building, perhaps a lodge at Nippersink. There are steps leading up to an open, three-sided sitting area, which has a porch swin...
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Blaesing's Shorewood Vista

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ...

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