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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1928
Description: "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr...
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Postcard

Moor (Mud) Baths

Date: 1920
Description: View of the main building in the distance, and in the foreground a golf course of the Moor (Mud) Baths. Caption reads: "Main Bldg., Moor (Mud) Baths, Wauke...
Postcard

Moor Bath Links

Date: 1920
Description: View of people sitting on the porch of the golf club house at the Moor Bath Links. Caption reads: "Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Wauke...
Postcard

Guests with Muskies at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge

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Description: Group of men displaying 13 muskellunge caught at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Muskies caught by Guests at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
Postcard

Muskie Caught at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge

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Description: Nelson Ross posing with muskellunge caught by Claude Baudy at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. Fish was caught using a goldfish for bait. Caption reads: "Muskie Caug...
Photograph

Mary and Nelson Ross

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Description: Winter scene with Mary and Nelson Ross of Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. They are posing in the snow with skis and snowshoes.
Photograph

Virginia Hess with Muskie

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag...
Photograph

Boat Livery at Forest Home Resort

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Description: Stable of boats kept at Forest Home Resort.
Photograph

Plum Lake Boat Ride

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Description: Large group of guests at Warner's Resort, Plum Lake, enjoying a boat ride.
Photograph

Big Bill Thompson and Friends

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Description: "Big" Bill Thompson (center) poses with two friends from Chicago in front of a lodge.
Photograph

Chulew Family Swimming at Schwartz's Resort

Date: 1959
Description: Chulew family (from left): Marcia, Natalie, and Manny at Schwartz's Resort.
Photograph

Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Friends

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vacationing at a North Sea resort restricted to Jews, from left: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, three friends, Margeret Pollack (cousin).
Photograph

Magda Herzberger and Relatives at Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Magda Moses Herzberger (child at center) standing with relatives dressed in bathing suits in front of a resort in Turda, Romania.
Postcard

Trading Post at Willie's White Birch Lodge

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'...
Photograph

Big Leech Lake

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Description: A view of the beach at Smokey Point Resort, on Big Leech Lake.
Postcard

Shady Rest Cottage

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of Shady Rest Cottage at Lake Breeze Resort. The building has a stone chimney and there is a wooden bench swing in the front yard. Caption re...
Photograph

Fishing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of the banks along a fishing stream, with a few buildings on the other side of the water. Caption reads: "Great Fishing Resort Near Kirksvill...
Photograph

Bluff House

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Description: Adults and children read newspapers and books while sitting on chairs on the lawn outside Bluff House. The house is on the right, featuring a porch, balcon...
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Boys on Horseback at Buck Hill Falls

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Description: Boys ride ponies and travel in horse-drawn carriages through a field at Buck Hill Falls, a private resort community in the Pocono Mountains. Behind them,...

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