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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond.
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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: View out Witches' Gulch of tourist stand, with men sitting in chairs. There is a covered open-air platform beyond.
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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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Giftland at Night

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Description: Night view of gift shops, restaurants, and other attractions in a two-story shopping plaza. Several cars are parked along the curb beneath a streetlight in...
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International Scout Trucks in Western Scene

Date: 1965
Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat and a hip holster stands on a dirt road as a line of International Scout trucks passes by. A series of shops, restaurants, and o...
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

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Description: Exterior of a gas station/restaurant and the entrance to the Triangle Tourist Park.
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of gas station/restaurant outside the Triangle Tourist Park. The establishment offers Red Crown brand gasoline, Coney Island Red Hots, hot co...
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Triangle Tourist Park US-18

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view from road of gas station and "dine and dance" restaurant on Highway US-18/US-12, outside the Triangle Tourist Park. The establishment offers ...
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Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall, Lake Namakagon

Date: 1932
Description: View of the Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall on Lake Namakagon near Cable and Grand View, Wisconsin. The single-story building is down a path through the tree...
Postcard

Old Rittenhouse Inn

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Description: Photographic postcard of an exterior view of the Old Rittenhouse Inn.
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Dells Manor Inn

Date: 1927
Description: Main building for Dells Manor Inn, Tea Room and Camping Grounds. There are signs for "Hot BBQ" and "Sandwiches," on the side of the building and on the roo...
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Store at Glenco Cottages

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of people in the Glenco Cottages store with an open dining area on the porch. A sign on the tree in front reads: "Please do not take or de...
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 "At the Dells"

Date: 1929
Description: View down road with the Nettland's Roll Inn on the right. An automobile is coming down the dusty road towards the inn, which has an "EAT" sign handing over...
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Scene at Riverdale on Lucky 13

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Description: View from road of restaurant and gas pump at Riverdale Resort.
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Dining Room Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The dining room at the lodge with a view of the Wisconsin River. The tables are set with white tablecloths, sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers.
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Barbecue Restaurant

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Description: Roadside restaurant with painted lettering in the windows promoting sandwiches, bakery, ice cream and cold drinks. The brick building next door is unidenti...
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Greetings from "Roll-Inn" at the Dells

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Description: A collection of images from Nettland's Roll Inn and other sites around the Dells including: the Narrows, Stand Rock, Lone Rock, and the beach at Lake Delto...
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 — "At the Dells"

Date: 1931
Description: View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou...
Book or Pamphlet

Knott's Berry Place Tea Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and menu pages from Knott's Berry Place, with multi-colored boysenberries suspended over rows of plants in the fields, and parked cars lined up...
Postcard

Scene at the Pier, Death's Door

Date: 1940
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm...

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