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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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Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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Birchcliff Lodge

Date: 08 1954
Description: Couple on a wooden bridge over a dirt road at Birchcliff Lodge.
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Draper Hall

Date: 1880
Description: Side view of Draper Hall on Lake Road. Tree-lined street with two men sitting on chairs in front of Draper Hall.
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Townsend House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House, a resort hotel. In the foreground there are three people in a rowboat, rowing under a bridge where four other people are...
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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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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).
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Brennan Paving Company D-40 Trucks

Date: 1937
Description: Two International D-40 road repairs trucks used by the Brennan Paving Company are parked on the side of the road with men sitting in the cabs. They are in ...
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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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Country Road

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Description: A group of men and women in a horse and coach on a country road with the Eastover resort estate in the background. Eastover resort estate was built in 1910...
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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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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View of a walkway at Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. From one end of the collonade, a man can be seen standing while other people sit in chairs and ...
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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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Segers Bathing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of children swimming in a pool between buildings at Segers Bathing Resort. A wooded area surrounds the resort.
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The Oakbirch Inn and Casino

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Description: A view of the inn, casino, and other structures at The Oakbirch Inn and Casino taken from a tree-lined road. A man sits in the passenger side of a car park...
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Oneida Colony

Date: 1936
Description: View of Oneida Colony, a northern lake resort. Small boats are lined up along the shore, and birds are gathered near a large birdhouse. A man is lifting on...
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Yuletide Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic holiday card featuring Carl Marty of the Northernaire Resort in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. He is famous for his hospitality and his "animal frien...
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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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Panoramic Resort — Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p...
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Tourist Free Campground

Date: 1925
Description: An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ...

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