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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
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Wally Byam Airstreamer

Date: 06 1959
Description: Two men with cameras around their necks stand near a couple in a Plymouth pulling an airstream camper through a gate. The sign on the gate in the backgroun...
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Entrance to Scheer Bros. Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake.
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Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
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Surrey

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Description: Using a surrey as a taxi for a resort hotel, a man poses in the covered carriage in front of a tree. The city of Howey was founded in 1925, but its name ch...
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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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Entrance to Silver-Dale Resort

Date: 04 1925
Description: View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm...
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Kinzler's Kabin

Date: 1930
Description: View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola...
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Morgan's Lost Land Lake Resort Shoreline

Date: 1935
Description: View along shoreline of a man wearing a hat and sitting on a hillside. A dog retrieves a stick in the water. Wooden row boats are at docks in the backgroun...
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Dining Cabin at Fin and Feather Resort

Date: 1935
Description: View over Moose Lake of log building on low hillside. A man and another person are standing on a dock next to a wood boat with a small motor attached, and ...
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort Boats

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn of two men in a wooden rowboat on Spider Lake. There are two docks each with a wooden rowboat tied to it.
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Ross's Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: View down drive of facade of one-story long log building surrounded by trees. A man is walking along the side of the lodge in the far right background.
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Gazing at Lyndale Bay

Date: 1938
Description: Two men standing near cabins looking at Upper Eau Claire Lake.
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Lakewood Country Club

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with people sledding, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and preparing for snowshoeing at Lakewood Country Club.
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
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Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of a boy sitting on the back of a wooden boat with his feet on a pier. He is holding a dog which is standing on the dock. There is a small ...
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Boats at Les Crandall's

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on boat dock on Namakagon Lake. Some of them are holding stringers of recently caught fish, and wooden rowboats are tied to the doc...

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