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Schwartz Hotel, Elkhart Lake

Date: 1955
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...
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Ostoff's Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized view of the front of Osthoff's Hotel. Caption reads: "Ostoff's Hotel, Elkhart Lake , Wis."
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Hotel Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
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...
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Camp Brosius

Date: 1954
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 ...
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Greetings from Elkhart Lake

Date: 1952
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...
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Greetings from Elkhart Lake

Date: 1954
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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Depot at Glenbeulah

Date: 1908
Description: View alongside railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. A single freight car is on the tracks. A boy and a woman are on the platform. Caption reads: "De...
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Boxelder

Date: 1929
Description: Charlotte "Lottie" (Mrs. Walter) Kohler posing standing with her forearms resting on the branch of a large, spreading tree on the grounds of the Kohler est...
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Official Marker; The Old Wade House

Date: 1953
Description: The Historical Marker for the Old Wade House State Park. A man and woman are standing in front of the sign, and in the background are picnic tables on a la...
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Old Wade House; Upstairs Sitting Room

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard of the upstairs parlor, with two women wearing period dress sitting in chairs and reading. Text on reverse reads: "UPSTAIRS SITTING ROOM,...
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Wade House; Barroom

Date: 1953
Description: Kodachrome postcard of the barroom, with two male mannequins in period dress standing at the bar. Text on reverse reads: "The Wade House is one of the f...
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Butternut House; Dining Room

Date: 1956
Description: Three women in period clothes are having tea in the dining room. Text on reverse reads: "Dining Room, Butternut House, Old Wade House State Park, Greenb...
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Ein offener Brief an sämmtliche Bürger von Sheboygan County [An open letter to the citizens of Sheboygan County]

Date: 1918
Description: Poster reproducing an open letter from Walter Kohler on behalf of the Sheboygan County Liberty Loan Committee, to the citizens of Sheboygan County, informi...
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1931 Demonstration Home

Date: 1931
Description: A two-story stone home in a Germanic-Austrian style. A decorative tile is set into the exterior between the windows on the second floor. Caption reads: "19...
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Examining PCB Levels in the Sheboygan River

Date: 10 1978
Description: Two men are standing on the rocky shoreline of the Sheboygan River. One man is holding a shovel in his right hand and a glass jar in his left hand. The oth...
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Examining PCB Pollution in Soil

Date: 10 1978
Description: Two men are kneeling on the ground. One man is holding a shovel while the other man is scooping dirt from the shovel into a glass jar. They are measuring P...
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Parnell Esker

Date: 1939
Description: An elevated view of a sharp curve of an esker in the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
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On the Beach

Date: 1938
Description: A child wearing a bathing suit is standing with their feet in shallow water as waves approach the shore. On the reverse of the print is written: "A tiny to...
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Terry Andrae State Park

Date: 1938
Description: View down slope towards a pine tree with three main trunks silhouetted against rolling dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Council Ring

Date: 06 1942
Description: Fourteen Boy Scouts are sitting in a circle in a clearing at Terry Andrae State Park. One boy on the right is older and is shirtless. There are picnic tabl...

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