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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from lawn down hill looking through trees towards a pavilion, with a weathervane on the roof, on the shore of Round Lake. The far shoreline is in the ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across water of a man, woman, and two children on the shoreline of Lake Owen at the White Pine Lodge. There is a dock on the far left, and a two-story... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of two people in a canoe on Lake Owen near White Pine Lodge. Just behind them is a swimming platform. In the foreground is a dirt path in the grass, ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across large manicured lawn of the stone building on Lake Michigan. The tree-lined far shoreline is in the background. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The centerfold of a promotional brochure features a photograph of the Hotel Glenwood and a description of the springs on the grounds. The hotel, with large... |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Grand View Resort on the shores of Fox Lake. Several people are sitting in rowboats lined up at the shoreline. Other guests a... |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a boathouse on a lake. On the far left is what appears to be a tall, wooden water slide, with a set of steep steps. People are sit... |
| Date: | 07 11 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 21 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tichigan Lake, Wis." A couple stands next to parked cars in front of the grocery store at Wichmans Resort. On the right is a crowd of... |
| Date: | 06 16 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, Wis." Bethesda Spring is located inside an ornate pavilion surrounded by trees. The Terrace Hotel can be s... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tennis Court, Timmer's Shore." Two men playing tennis on the lawn at a resort on Big Cedar Lake. Trees and the lake are in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Telephone Lake 136. Pabst Whitefish Bay Summer Resort. H. Konopka, Lessee." Elevated view of Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort on the shores... |
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