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| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | The tourist camp that the citizens of Chippewa Falls provided free for motorists passing through their community. |
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| Description: | Children and adults gather at Devil's Lake. Shown at the right is a large water slide. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman stands with two white dogs among the trees at Effinger Park. The park features benches, a pump, a lawn swing, a gazebo and three cabins. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Six men and women and two dogs sitting in the shade at the park. A carved bench is in the foreground, and in the background are houses or cabins. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of two-seat lawn swings amid trees on a lawn. Cabins are along a hill in the background. There is an information center on the far left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Looking down from a hilltop of a car parked under a tree. The campground is populated with well-dressed families walking down a path, and their parked cars... |
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| Description: | A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Men and women, some in bathing suits, pose in front of the Gallop Inn Resort restaurant. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A swing set at a public park. There is a windmill in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the entrance to Golden Rule Park. A large sign says "Golden Rule Park / Welcome." Men, woman and children are posed near cabins an... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees. |
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| Description: | A view of a row of tents at Unity Park. One offering Psychic Services for $1. |
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