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| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A group portrait at the entrance to the Schofield Hotel. A man and five women pose near a parked car at the hotel entrance sign. The sign listed J.A. Smith... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sit on a bench outside a cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. A chair, hammock, lawn swing and table are on the lawn. |
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| Description: | Cabin with a stone chimney at the Birchcliff Hotel. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Guest log cabin in a wooded area at the Birchwood Hotel. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Guest cottage built of brick with swing in the yard. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Small cottage with guests sitting in the yard. A young boy sits in a hammock. Two other boys sit on a lawn swing. The leg of another person is on the left ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Meadow Brook Resort. The main building is on the right, and the annex is on the left. People are relaxing on the lawn under the trees. The... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance. |
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| Description: | View across road towards a group of people standing in front of the main office and general store at Murray's Cabins. On the right is a wooden archway with... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two-story cottage with a built-in garage. There is a young vine over the roofed entrance, and a bench and potted plant near the garage door. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The "Pioneer Cabin" at Van Hill Cabins, with two entrances and log columns on the porch. A stone chimney is on the right. |
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| Description: | One of the guest cottages at Glenco Cottages. The cottage is raised above the ground on concrete blocks. A woman is standing in the screened porch. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a guest cabin called "The Tavern" at Van Hill Modern Cabins. A stone chimney is on the right, and the open porch has an arched roof and lo... |
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| Description: | View across road of the cottages at the White House Hotel, with an information kiosk along the sidewalk between them. A group of people are in front of the... |
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