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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down middle of the dining room at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Resort. Female servers stand along the walls near the tables. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior of a living room at Walmar Lodge. The room includes: wood and wicker chairs, a piano, a fireplace, a bookshelf, a desk, a rug and a lamp. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A group portrait at the entrance to the Schofield Hotel. A man and five women pose near a parked car at the hotel entrance sign. The sign listed J.A. Smith... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sit across from one another on an enclosed porch at the Scofield Cottage Hotel. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man and four women pose at the exterior of a log cabin with a "chateau" sign over the entrance. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sit on a bench outside a cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. A chair, hammock, lawn swing and table are on the lawn. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Outdoor scene at the Dells Farm Resort. Five people pose while seated on lawn furniture outside the cabin. Another woman poses as she is about to hit a cro... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A several vacationers and their dog stand outside a two-story cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A restaurant with open-air patio seating at the Glenco Resort. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A man, woman, and child pose by a car near a tourist camping stop. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A man and two women sit on the second story balcony of the "Honeymoon Inn" at the Kriegl Farm Resort. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. The shops along the street include: Everson and Hinrich's grocery store, Perry Music House, and Bon Ton Restaurant. A man poses with... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from wooden bridge of a log cabin in the woods towards group of people. Two women standing at the end of the bridge, another woman stands on the front... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of a beach with a group of sunbathers posing around a large billboard that reads: "The only safe clean sandy beach in the Dells." |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol... |
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