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View of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin

Date: 1855
Description: Bird's-eye view of Madison. "Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Monona, 1855."
Photograph

Roger Williams Inn

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view across water towrads the Roger Williams Inn.
Photograph

Townsend House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House, a resort hotel. In the foreground there are three people in a rowboat, rowing under a bridge where four other people are...
Photograph

Resort and Harbor

Date: 1895
Description: View from across railroad tracks. Resort is on the water's edge, with a small inlet on the right. Land is mostly sand, though a small part on the left ha...
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
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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The Great North Woods Tourist and Fishing District of Wisconsin : Ideal Location for Summer Homes

Date: 1926
Description: This brochure was intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Also inclu...
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Top O' the Thumb, Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows public boat ramps, parks, highways, beaches, bluffs, Green Bay, Garrett Bay, Europe Bay and Lake, Rowley's Bay and Ellison Bay. The map incl...
Map or Atlas

Lac du Flambeau, Welcome to Indian Country : Vilas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1994
Description: This map shows historical sites, picnic grounds, public boat landings, canoe and motor boat trips, and resort locations. The left margin of the map include...
Photograph

Sandy Beach Resort

Date: 
Description: View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1976
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and portions of bordering states, including a detailed map of the Wisconsin Dells area. Surrounding the map are multipl...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin

Date: 1977
Description: This colored map displays Wisconsin and portions of bordering states, including a detailed map of the Wisconsin Dells area. Surrounding the map are multipl...
Photograph

Indian Ford Dam

Date: 06 1938
Description: View across water on a sunny day, where many anglers are fishing below the Indian Ford dam and bridge on the Rock river. Some of the men are fishing from t...
Postcard

Sunflower Resort from Long Lake

Date: 05 31 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Sunflower Resort from Long Lake. Near Stone Lake, Wis." Cottages above the shore of a lake through the trees. Docks and boats are on ...
Postcard

Gonring's Resort at Cedar Lake

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Gonring's Resort at Cedar Lake near West Bend, Wis." Two-story clapboard lodging with a covered porch on the left. A rowboat is pulle...

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