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| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Outdoor scene at the Dells Farm Resort. Five people pose while seated on lawn furniture outside the cabin. Another woman poses as she is about to hit a cro... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A man, woman, and child pose by a car near a tourist camping stop. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Group of people posed on the steps and porch of a cottage. The cottage has a wrap-around porch, and there is a swing between two trees on the left. A man a... |
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| Description: | View across lawn of the main building of the Birchcliff Hotel and the tree-lined drive. Vacationers are relaxing on the porch and the lawn. |
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| Description: | Screened-in porch at the Birchcliff Hotel, with chairs, porch swing and settees. |
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| Description: | View across road towards the stone steps leading up a hill to the main building of the Birchcliff Hotel. A lawn swing is on top of the hill to the left of ... |
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| Description: | Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Guest cottage built of brick with swing in the yard. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of the main building and grounds at Butternut Lodge. Three young children are on are a lawn swing, and a man sits in a chair nearby. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five riders on horses posing on the road in front of two guest cottages. A young girl is standing on the left. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two Colburn Cottages on a shoreline of the Wisconsin River. In the yard a man is posing in front of an automobile near a dog standing on its haunches. Ther... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View up drive of the main building at Dells Farm Resort. Two stone pylons with lamps are on either side of the drive. A barn is behind the main building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Dells Farm Resort with an elevated view of a multi-room cottage with an outhouse located under the balcony on the right. Two women sit around a table in th... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance drive of the Grandview Hotel. There is a large signboard advertising the amenities; rooms with baths, hot and cold water, cottages and... |
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| Description: | The Annex at Meadow Brook Resort, a two-story building with a screened-in porch. A man is sitting on the porch. A man is standing near a large wood pile in... |
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