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| 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... |
| 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: | Two women are playing croquet next to a cottage at Pine Grove Resort. A trellis with benches is at the foot of the sidewalk leading up to the porch. There ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of Glen Rood's Resort. A man, woman and child are near the lawn swing in the yard. Benches are on the open porch and in the yard. There... |
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| Description: | Two guest cabins, with stone steps leading up to them. A lawn swing is behind bushes, and an automobile is parked on the left. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard with views of Walmar Lodge, with two cottages and the Wisconsin River as seen from the lodge. Caption reads: "Greetings from Walmar L... |
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| Description: | View across sidewalk of the courtyard of the White House Hotel. The Annex is on the right. A gazebo is on the left, there are benches and a lawn swing in t... |
| Date: | 08 06 1911 |
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| Description: | A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin... |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Rib Mountain Ski Lodge. There are a number of skiers on the left, and people stand near the lodge. Cars are parked on the right. |
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| Description: | Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several scenes from a canoe trip on the Lower Kaubashine Creek. Includes photographs of Joy Camps canoes on... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Fish display, showing a small girl standing in front of Walleyes caught at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. Caption reads: "'... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This brochure was intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Also inclu... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This brochure was intended for tourists and shows resorts, lakes and railroads in northwestern Wisconsin and part of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Also inclu... |
| Date: | 06 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd at E.H. Myrland's Farm's Sky Lodge at the bathing beauty contest at the dedication of a new swimming pool at the resort which opened... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, foot and canoe trails, railroads, resorts, lookout towers, camps, national and state forests, Indian reservation, and types of fish i... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | This map shows ski areas, resorts, camps, special areas, airports, and roads. The map covers Vilas and Oneida counties and parts of Iron, Price, Lincoln, L... |
| Date: | 2006 |
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| Description: | This map includes indexed advertisements and map of the Lac du Flambeau region on back. The map is broken into 9 zones, each marked with state and club tra... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Tonyawatha House and several outbuildings on Lake Monona. There is a long dock extending into the lake from a boathouse on the... |
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