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Fox River

Date: 1927
Description: View down hill towards the Fox River from the Eleazer Williams home. A group of people are automobiles are near a road near the shoreline.
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Municipal Electric and Water Plant

Date: 1927
Description: View from a hill looking down on the plant which has several attached buildings, and a large chimney. To the right are railroad cars along the shoreline o...
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Housekeeping Cottages at Cottage Grove Resort on Mason Lake

Date: 1927
Description: Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin.
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Potato Lake - Campbell's Resort

Date: 1927
Description: Lake view from the shore. A man, son, and two dogs stand at the dock. A herd of swans bathe nearby.
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Bridge and Water Tower

Date: 1927
Description: View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near...
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Boat Landing from State Highway 12

Date: 1927
Description: A man stands on a wooden dock near a tour boat. The sign on top of the boat advertises "Summer Homesites."
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Ro-Mi-Hoco Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from the dock looking at a beached canoe and two housing structures at Ro-Mi-Moco Park.
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Seagulls

Date: 1927
Description: A large flock of seagulls flies over a fishing boat.
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Door County Beach

Date: 1927
Description: Rock outcroppings overhang a Door County beach.
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Plum Island

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Plum Island rear range lighthouse from the end of the pier. The brick house was home to the lighthouse keeper and the first and second assistan...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1927
Description: View from the water of the Plum Island U.S. Coast Guard station. There is a tower in the background. Long piers extend into the lake.
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Fishin's Good at Golden Rule Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees.
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Boat Landing at Congress Hill Canyon on Lake Delton

Date: 1927
Description: Four people, two men and two women, stand on a pier near an excursion boat on Lake Delton. A sign with flags is on top of the boat and reads: "Lake and Riv...
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Beach at Ravenswood, Hotel Kilbourn

Date: 1927
Description: The Ravenswood beach on the Wisconsin River. A man is piloting an excursion boat as it is pulling away from the shoreline. Two rowboats are pulled up on th...
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Toy Sailboat

Date: 1927
Description: Edward Schmidt Petersen sails a toy boat in the shallow waters near the shore of Geneva Lake at Black Point. There is a chair and another child in the fore...
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Lake Waubesa at Crescent Park

Date: 1927
Description: View across water towards a boy standing on a pier on Lake Waubesa. There are boats docked at the water's edge and a group of children and adults are on th...
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At Pine Lake

Date: 1927
Description: View towards the front of a sailboat in which Herbert E. Brumder, wearing a visor, right, and an unidentified boy on the left, are sitting. The sailboat w...

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