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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the Butternut House in the Kohler Foundation restoration project. The service building at the right in the background is operated by the Conservati... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the Butternut House without the cupola. The Butternut House was the residence of Sylvanus Wade's eldest daughter and her husband. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View of the Butternut House, a Kohler Foundation restoration project. The home was erected in the early 1850's by Charles W. Robinson, son-in-law of Sylvan... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the First Methodist Church, with two women standing on the church steps, and another woman standing on the sidewalk. The church was built in 1854 b... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the First Methodist Church and the corner of the Service Building. The church was built in 1854 by Charles Robinson, the builder of Butternut House... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View of Mullet River, showing the former site of a grist mill and dam. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | The Waelderhaus, a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a re... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The Waelderhaus a memorial planned for John Michael Kohler the founder of the Kohler Company, by his daughter, Marie Christine Kohler. Waelderhaus is a rep... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and... |
| Date: | 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Visitors enjoy a stagecoach ride, an attraction at Old Wade House during the August "twilight tours" of this historic site. A team of two horses stand in t... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Colorized aerial view of the Schwartz Hotel on the shores of Elkhart Lake, with several white buildings with red roofs. Caption reads: "Schwartz Hotel, Elk... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Kodachrome print of a lakeside hotel. Text on reverse reads: "Hotel Camp Brosius on beautiful Elkhart Lake. Dining room, lounge, boat area, and round house... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view towards dock, and a diving platform at Camp Brosius. A sailboat, rowboat and canoes are in the lake. Several people are swimming or standing ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Kodachrome print of twilight over Elkhart Lake, with purple clouds and an orange sky. Caption reads: "Greetings from Elkhart Lake, Wis." Text on reverse re... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Sunset over Elkhart Lake, with the calm lake reflecting the orange sky. Caption reads: "Greetings from Elkhart Lake, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "Sunset a... |
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