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Whitefish Bay Resort

Date: 1911
Description: The Whitefish Bay Resort and park. Caption reads: "Whitefish Bay Resort, Looking South, Milwaukee."
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Larson's Teal Lake Resort

Date: 1938
Description: An automobile is driving up the drive towards a two-story white wood-sided building with flower planters under the windows and a field stone chimney on the...
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The Fisherman Cottage on Lake Owen

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of a small one-story cottage surrounded by trees and flowering plants. There is a large fishing hook on the wall near the door. There is a di...
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Sanatorium Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Sanatorium Company, with a three-quarter view of the sanatorium building set into a background of flowers and banners proclaiming the ben...
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Canoeing at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a man paddling a canoe with a woman sitting in the front holding an umbrella and white water lily. The canoe says "Nature Lovers Paradise." Text de...
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Top O' Wis Terrace

Date: 1935
Description: House, cottages and property of Mrs. J.J. Fisher overlooking Lake Superior.
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Main Lawn at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol...
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Edgewood Valley Resort

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Description: Three-quarter view of Edgewood Valley Resort, a stone dwelling with guest rooms. A group of people is sitting in the lawn in front of the porch.
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Edgewood Valley Resort

Date: 1926
Description: Tree-quarter view of Edgewood Valley Resort, a stone dwelling with guest rooms. A woman and three girls are standing in the yard.
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Honeymoon Inn — Grandview Hotel "At the Dells"

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of a small cottage at the Grandview Hotel. Flowers are in a window box and an automobile is parked in back.
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Furnished Rooms — Mirror Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1925
Description: View from road of main building at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach Resort, a two-story structure with a porch on the left.
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Log Cabin at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a log cabin between two other cabins at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach. There are dandelions in the lawn.
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Scene at Riverdale on Lucky 13

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Description: Log cabin with a stone chimney and screened-in porch among tall grass at Riverdale Resort.
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Scene at Spring Brook Farm Resort — At the Dells

Date: 1929
Description: A group of people are gathered on and around a bench on the lawn in front of the porch.
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"Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a stone building which has a steep, tiled roof, and an awning over the open doorway under the "Wee Hoose" sign. In front are pumps for She...
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Breezy Hill Cottage

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Description: Duplex cottage with automobiles parked in the back and on the left. Flowers are in window boxes.
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Restwood Cabins — Highway 12-16

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Description: Group of small cabins on a slope, with a picnic table on the left, and an automobile on the right. A group of three women and two men posed in front of the...
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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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Sunrise Lodge

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Description: View across lawn toward the front of the lodge. Text on reverse reads, in part: "Sunrise Lodge on beautiful Lac Vieux Desert, Land O' Lakes." "Offering the...
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The Breakers

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Text on front: "The Breakers, Racine, Wis." A green roofed white lodge on Lake Michigan's lakeshore. Trees, sidewalks, flowers, and lawns surround the lodg...

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