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Boats and Pollution

Date: 1955
Description: Lower Dells boats and docks covered with pollution from the paper mills up north.
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Wagon and Wheels

Date: 06 19 1962
Description: Old fire fighting equipment outdoors at the "Pioneer Village," a tourist attraction.
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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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Cabins at Bungalow Village — Highway 12

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Description: Row of small, hexagonal cabins at Bungalow Village.
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Porch of Larks Hotel

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Description: Stereograph of three men sitting on a porch of Larks Hotel.
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Study, Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The study at Walmar Lodge. There is a piano against the far wall, chairs by the windows, and a fireplace on the opposite wall.
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Uncle Al's Stand on Lucky 13

Date: 1928
Description: Roadside kiosk that provides information and sells candy, soda, gasoline and tickets for Dells attractions. A man is sitting on the porch, and pennants han...
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Stand at Glenco Resort

Date: 1926
Description: A restaurant with open-air patio seating at the Glenco Resort.
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Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: View from below of Walmar Lodge. A hammock is in the foreground.
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Cabin at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Cabin with a stone chimney at the Birchcliff Hotel.
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Sunset Cottage Wilmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: Guest cottage at Walmar Lodge. There are chairs on the screened-in porch.
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of a cottage with a stone chimney.
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Annex at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: Annex with guest rooms, with screened porch and a screened balcony.
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Uncle Al Fills 'Em Up

Date: 1928
Description: Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr...
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Honeymoon Inn — Kriegl Farm Resort

Date: 1926
Description: A man and two women sit on the second story balcony of the "Honeymoon Inn" at the Kriegl Farm Resort.
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Porch at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Screened-in porch at the Birchcliff Hotel, with chairs, porch swing and settees.
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Rustic Cabin at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View from footbridge of a guest log cabin among trees at the Birchcliff Hotel.
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Log Cabin — Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Guest log cabin in a wooded area at the Birchwood Hotel.
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Cottage at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Cottage with a screened-in porch and a yard surrounded by trees.
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Cottage at the "Black Oaks at the Dells"

Date: 1927
Description: Guest cottage built of brick with swing in the yard.

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