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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | View from the shoreline at Mercer Tourist Park showing people on the dock and floating rafts in the lake. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | View of the Minne-wawa Resort. There are two small cottages that have signs that say "Minne-wawa," and in the background is one large country house and man... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Single-story log cabin with stone fireplace chimney on shore of Spider Lake. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View of the White House Resort on Lake Gogebic. A man stands on a dock on the far left, while a wooden rowboat and boathouse are also visible in the foregr... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail... |
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| Description: | Colorized photographic postcard view of a lawn with stone terraces and birch trees leading down to a lake on the left. There is a cabin in the background n... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a log resort and filling station on the side of a dirt road. Caption reads: "The House by the Side of the Road — Fallhall Gle... |
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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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