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| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta... |
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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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| Description: | Adults and children read newspapers and books while sitting on chairs on the lawn outside Bluff House. The house is on the right, featuring a porch, balcon... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with people sledding, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and preparing for snowshoeing at Lakewood Country Club. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from water of people along the shoreline of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. In the background are trees and three cabins, each with an automobile parked ne... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View from road of a man, woman and boy sitting in the entry way of a cabin, with another cabin, a canoe, and an automobile on the right. A sign says "Clam ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from water of the dock and steep shoreline at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. There are people and boats both on shore and on the dock. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A view down the stairway on a steep hill with a rock wall at the dock on Buskey Bay (not Lake Millicent). Boats and an adult and child are visible on the d... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | One woman stands on shore at Log Cabin Lodge looking at the photographer. Eight people sit on the dock, while two men are standing in Lake Millicent. Three... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Nine people and one dog on the dock at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. One man is swimming on the far side of the dock. The shoreline and three boats a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across water of seven people wearing bathing suits on the float or wooden raft in Lake Owen at the Island View Resort. There is a large umbrella on th... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across water of a man, woman, and two children on the shoreline of Lake Owen at the White Pine Lodge. There is a dock on the far left, and a two-story... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A man, woman, and child pose by a car near a tourist camping stop. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four people standing on a pier holding two lines of fish that they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. The two men, ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Family of five standing in front of a small guest cottage with porch. There is an automobile parked on the left. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of family sitting on a bench in the foreground in front of a guest cottage. One boy sits on a porch railing behind the group. There is an au... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard with three views of the cabins and guests at the Chippewa City Resort. Captions read: "Chippewa City Resort, Proprietor Prosper Le... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Men, women and children in modest swimming suits enjoy splashing and playing in the water at Sandy Beach, a resort established by Gerhard Strauss in 1921. ... |
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