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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The free tourist campground in Baraboo. Although similar free facilities were clustered in resort areas, by 1926 the Highway Commission engineer could rep... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Free public campground at Baraboo, one of 200 such facilities then made available to the traveling public by Wisconsin municipalities. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down a street in Denzer with a parked car and a group of people, including children, posing in front of a building. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down an unpaved Merrimac street with a brick building and horse-drawn carriages. The caption at bottom left reads: "A Fine Business Block." |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the wood trellis fence and columns that frame the entrance gate to the Silver-Dale Resort. A group of people are sitting on the porch of a refreshm... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Filling station with attendant standing outside near two pumps. There is a stand with signs advertising Old Gold cigarettes, 5 cent vegetable sandwiches, P... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road of a two-story home located on a corner lot at 330 5th Avenue. There are signs on the lawn advertising rooms for tourists. A man is standi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Row of cabins in Effinger Park. Each has a screened back porch. Picnic tables, sling-back chairs, and a parked car are under the trees on the lawn. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a row of cabins at the Panoramic Resort. There are two cars parked on the left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from yard of blacksmith shop, a home, and a two-story building with a "Gold Medal Flour" sign. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from road of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair station, and a house. The Bank has striped awnings and a La Follette poster in the window... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road of right side of Main Street. Banners strung across the street read "Chautauga." There is a pickup truck parked in the automotive repai... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down a winding dirt road with houses on both sides, as well as a large two-story building with a loading dock in front. Two people are in the back yar... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair and gas station and other shops. There is a car with its door open in front of the repair shop, nea... |
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