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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The free tourist campground in Baraboo. Although similar free facilities were clustered in resort areas, by 1926 the Highway Commission engineer could rep... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Free public campground at Baraboo, one of 200 such facilities then made available to the traveling public by Wisconsin municipalities. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down a street in Denzer with a parked car and a group of people, including children, posing in front of a building. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down an unpaved Merrimac street with a brick building and horse-drawn carriages. The caption at bottom left reads: "A Fine Business Block." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Parson's Indian Village, a tourist attraction on Highway 12 styled after a Zuni pueblo. Caption reads: "Zuni Pueblo-Parson's Indian Villag... |
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| Description: | View features a dirt street and a horse-drawn wagon. On the right is a brick building with signs, a lamppost, and a sign that says "LIVERY". In the far bac... |
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| Description: | View features a dirt street, horse-drawn wagons, storefronts, and several pedestrians walking on the sidewalk bordering the street. In the background is a ... |
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| Description: | View features a dirt street, an opera house on the right, storefronts, horse-drawn vehicles, several pedestrians walking on the sidewalks bordering the str... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View features a dirt street, dwellings, a horse-drawn vehicle, sidewalks, power lines, and many trees. In the background is a hill with what appears to be ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View of a man driving an automobile on a dirt road in Ableman. Rock formations are on both sides of the road, and rocks and trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a depot and yards in Ableman. The depot is in the background, among other industrial and commercial buildings. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View from street of a business block in Ableman. There is a storefront with umbrellas displayed in the show window, and what appears to be a hammock is han... |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Filling station with attendant standing outside near two pumps. There is a stand with signs advertising Old Gold cigarettes, 5 cent vegetable sandwiches, P... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road of a two-story home located on a corner lot at 330 5th Avenue. There are signs on the lawn advertising rooms for tourists. A man is standi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Row of cabins in Effinger Park. Each has a screened back porch. Picnic tables, sling-back chairs, and a parked car are under the trees on the lawn. |
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