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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Crowds on Front Street during Dodge County Fair day, circa 1910-1915. Caption reads: "Front St., on a Dodge Co. Fair Day." |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Camel rides at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) for children, given free by Zor Temple Camel Patrol on Sunday afternoons during the summer. A number of... |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting by Jens von Sivers presented to the zoo by the Provident Savings and Loan Association. The painting shows children riding camels led by... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. Features a scene of men, women and children among picnic tables, automobiles. Tents are pi... |
| Date: | 07 28 1933 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ... |
| Date: | 07 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the Chateau in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees, shrubs, flowers and grass surround the building. An American flag flies in front and a... |
| Date: | 08 20 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor... |
| Date: | 08 16 1935 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. A scene of picnic tables, automobiles and tents pitched among trees and grass. Text at ... |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis... |
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