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| Description: | View of the Andy Gump statue in Flat Iron Park. Picnic tables, flowers, and trees are in the background. Caption reads: "Andy Gump Statue, Flat Iron Park, ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimne... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the campus of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy. Caption reads: "Aeroplane View Davidson Hall and part of Academy Campus, Northwes... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of three buildings with verandas, comprising a hotel on a hill. People are gathered on the lawn around a picnic table. A large flow... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view from pier towards a private lakeside home on a hill, with a large garden leading down to the lake. Caption reads: "Ceylon Court, Ma... |
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| Description: | View of a gazebo with hanging flower baskets. Lake Geneva is in the background. Caption reads: "Spring House on J. J. Mitchell Estate, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a row of small cabins along the top of a small slope. Caption reads: "Hill Top Cabins — College Camp, Wisconsin — On Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized elevated postcard view of Yerkes Observatory near the shore of Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Yerkes' Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | View across water towards a large lakeside house with a turret. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of two cabins near the lake, which is in the background below the hill. The cabins have flat roofs and wood siding. Caption reads: "Lake Front Cabins ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a pavilion, and a pier in the foreground. Rowboats are docked at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Pavilion, Conference Point, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a stave church, with carved dragon gargoyles. Caption reads: "Norwegian Building on Wm. Wrigley Jr. Property, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of a large, red brick house. People on horseback and horse-drawn carriages are lined up on the driveway in front. Caption reads: "Home of J. H. Moore,... |
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| Description: | View across driveway towards a building with a front porch on a hill, with trees and flowering bushes flanking the stairs leading up to the entrance. Capti... |
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| Description: | View of tents along a dirt road at the YMCA College summer camp. Each tent is raised up on platforms, with steps up to the entrance. A woman and children a... |
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| Description: | View across street towards a broad lawn, and a Neo-Classical building with columns at the entrances. An automobile is parked at the central entrance on the... |
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| Description: | View of a wooden structure with a porch along two sides, and a flight of steps to the entrance. People are sitting and standing near benches on the shaded ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of a large private home with a manicured lawn, statue, and flower beds. Caption reads: "Residence of C.H. Lytton, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View of a private residence, with a stream running through the lawn in the foreground. Caption reads: "Home of S. B. Chapin, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of a large private home with flowery shrubs. Caption reads: "Residence of A.C [sic] Bartlett, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
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