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| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Main Street with several cars parked along the curb. A curbside Red Crown gas pump is visible at the right near the O.W. Schuele Hardware store, and people... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street lined with shops. Cars are sporadically parked along the curbs. There is a hotel, the Fritzstoldt tailor, soda fountain and drug stor... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A log cabin, which features a screened-in porch and attic door. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View down street of trucks and cars parked at an angle along the curb in a commercial strip through town. The buildings on the left have signs, including t... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A cylinder-shaped cement building with an open door in a rural area. In front of the building is a picnic table, and on the right an automobile is parked n... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | An elderly man, woman, and dog pose near two younger women wearing aprons outside the Island Lake Post Office and Burpee's Resort. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the post office and Island Lake Burpee's Resort. |
| 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: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a wooden dock near a tour boat. The sign on top of the boat advertises "Summer Homesites." |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View down road towards a group of men posing on the porch of Young's general store. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the facade of the Lunch Room restaurant, located near a cobblestone train platform. Earl Andrew is listed as the proprietor. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View from road of a man standing in front of the Campbell Hotel, located next door to the Lunch Room. Earl Andrews is listed as the proprietor. A sign pain... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Street scene down middle of street, with businesses on both sides. A hotel, the post office, and a hardware store are on the left. A mercantile, ice cream ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A view of downtown Thorp. Lampposts lining the street on both sides. Cars parked at the curbs on both sides. A couple cars driving away down the street. On... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View of intersection towards a restaurant and grocery on the left, with dwellings and other buildings in the background. A group of people standing posing ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View uphill towards the central business district. Commercial buildings on the left include a service station and Hotel Thorp. On the right are commercial ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of the main building, with a woman is standing at the entrance to the dining room of the Birchcliff Hotel. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View up drive towards the main building with wrap-around porch. A bicycle is parked at the bottom of the stairs. Guest cottages are behind the main buildin... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the main building. A woman us standing on the porch holding a broom, and a bicycle is parked at the bottom of the stairs. Tennis rack... |
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