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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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Jonathan Bowman Home for Women

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Description: Exterior view from street of a house in a residential neighborhood. A carport or porte-cochere is on the left of the front porch. Two women stand in the ya...
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Greetings from "Fields" The Maples

Date: 1927
Description: A collection of views of a guest house at Broadway at Capitol, and sites around the Dells, including: The Narrows of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, Stan...
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The Marten's Room and Bath

Date: 1931
Description: Guest house with a sunroom in the front.
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Scene on Grounds, Meadow Brook Hotel, Highway Lucky 13

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Description: Elevated view over the volleyball court of the grounds at the Meadow Brook Hotel. A footbridge is across a stream on the right. A group of people are stand...
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Modern Home Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view across street of the Modern Home Hotel in a residential neighborhood. There are large, enclosed porches on the first and second stories. A la...
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Modern Home Hotel

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Description: Front porch at Modern Home Hotel. There is a drinking fountain in the foreground on the left. The furniture on the porch includes a desk, rocking chairs, a...
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Annex No. 1, Modern Home Hotel

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Description: View of the annex with more guest rooms and a porch, with part of the main building on the left. Plants and bushes are in the lawn.
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Annex No. 2, Modern Home Hotel

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Description: View of an annex with more guest rooms, and exterior stairs that rist from the porch up to a balcony. Women are sitting on the porch and the lawn. On the l...
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Modern Rooms and Bath — 808 Elm Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of a house with rooms and baths for tourists.
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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...
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The Normandie Bar — All White Leather

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Description: Interior view of a tavern with an all white leather bar, and a stamped tin ceiling. Glasses, bottles of liquor and bags of chips and peanuts are on display...
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Oak Villa

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter view from road of a guest house with a large porch. A large sign on the lawn in front advertises running water in the rooms and a rate of $1 ...
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Oak Villa Annex — Mrs. S.J. Knudsen — Wis. Ave. & Oak St.

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of a house with rooms for tourists. The main house is in the background on the right. There is a lawn swing under a blossomin...
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Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Riverside cottage with an automobile parked in front. The license plate reads: "Wisconsin 1938."
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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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The Olson's Rooms

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Description: Exterior view of the Olson's Rooms hotel, with an arched awning over the entrance, and a driveway on the right. There are benches near a stone building on ...
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Service Station

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Description: A small stone building with a steeply pitched roof, chimney, large, paned windows and arched doorway. Benches are on the left and right of the building. On...
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Service Station

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Description: Exterior view of the service station on a street corner, with Olson's Rooms in the background. The service station is a stone building with a chimney, arch...

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