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| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Madison. "Taken from the Water Cure, South Side of Lake Monona, 1855." |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Madison. The Lakeside House resort is in the foreground, which burned in 1877, in what is now Olin Park. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Colored bird's-eye map of Oconomowoc and the Lake Region, Waukesha County. Looking North from Government Hill. Location key below image identifies 24 Hotel... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Baraboo with inset of Devil's Lake, the south and east sides of the commercial square, the First National Bank, and the Warren House hote... |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison viewed across Lake Monona from the resort-spa Water Cure. The skyline includes the Capitol, the dome on University Hall, several downtown ... |
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| Description: | View of the Cliff House on the lake, with pine trees surrounding the property, and a cliff behind the building. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards shoreline and building at Lake Geneva at Montague's and Porter's resort, later W.F. Furbecks, at the site of Fontana Park or Buena V... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view across water towrads the Roger Williams Inn. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Townsend House boathouse across a lake. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Townsend House. Image includes people sitting on porch, grounds, boat dock. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Townsend House boathouse across a lake. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across water filled with lily pads of a one-story cottage on shore of Cable Lake. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a log cabin atop a small hill next to Cranberry Lake. There is a rustic log railing along steps leading down to the lake. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an aerial view of Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort on the shore of Brown's Lake. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This brochure intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Two inset maps... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View of five cabins at Norseman Lodge on Lake Millicent. There are sidewalks between cabins, a birdhouse on the right, and the lake in the distance. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Norseman Lodge with Lake Millicent visible in the background. The larger building on the right has a sign that says "Hotel." A bird ho... |
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