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Book or Pamphlet

Playground of Wisconsin's Northwoods Pamphlet

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season.
Photograph

Aerial View of City

Date: 1931
Description: Aerial view of the city. Caption reads: "The finest aerial view of Oshkosh, Wis. ever made. Practically the entire town is included in this comprehensive p...
Photograph

Boys Playing in Water

Date: 1931
Description: Three boys playing in the water near the shoreline with their pants rolled above their knees. A fourth boy is squatting on the grassy shore, poking one of ...
Photograph

Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia

Date: 1931
Description: View down lake shoreline on Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia. There are stairs coming down to the lake, and a bench, as well as docks, a flag pole and a d...
Photograph

Boats on the Shore of Lake Wilipyro

Date: 1931
Description: Two metal rowboats are pulled up on the shoreline of Lake Wilipyro. The lake and trees on the opposite shore are visible in the background. A small animal...
Photograph

Cooper Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ...
Photograph

Squaw Bay Caves

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Squaw Bay Caves, near Cornucopia, with people in a boat off to the far left. The caves were renamed Mawikwe Bay, and Mawikwe is Ojibwe for weep...
Map or Atlas

Retracing the March of Progress through Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This map "sets out the more important points of historic interest designated by the National Society of Colonial Dames in Wisconsin" and includes illustrat...
Photograph

Northwood's Beach Hotel Lake Court Oreilles

Date: 1931
Description: View down drive towards lake. The front porch is behind a grove of trees where automobiles are parked out front of the Northwood's Beach Hotel on Lake Cour...
Photograph

View of Pine Gable's on Lake Owen

Date: 1931
Description: View from the water of three boys on the dock at the foot of a steep stairway. There is a large roofed landing with benches half way up the hill, and many ...
Photograph

Pine Gables on Lake Owen

Date: 1931
Description: View from lake of a few boys on a dock as well as four wooden boats pulled up along the dock or the shoreline. There is a diving platform at the end of the...
Photograph

Boat Landing and Bathing Beach at Evergreen Retreat

Date: 1931
Description: A boathouse and canoe boats along Lake Delton. The boathouse is painted with advertisements that read, "Cottages - Rooms - Cabins - Refreshments - Free Cam...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This U.S. Geological Survey map of Wisconsin shows counties, cities and villages, lighthouses, Indian reservations, military reservations, and bird and gam...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Scenic Region in the Counties of Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Marquette, Juneau, Dane [in] Wisconsin : Showing Lakes, Rivers, Cities, Villages, Main Highways, and Points of Scenic and Historic Interest

Date: 1931
Description: This map of south central Wisconsin shows lakes, rivers, cities, villages, highways and roads, railroads, Indian mounds, and points of scenic and historic ...
Map or Atlas

Topographical Map of Camp Williams, Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: A topographical map from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers showing the topography and man-made features in the Camp Williams area of the towns of Orange and ...
Photograph

Lakewoods Resort Diving Platform on Namakagon Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of men and children swimming around and diving off of a diving platform at Lakewoods Resort on Namakagon Lake. In the distance is the far...
Photograph

Lakewoods Resort on Namagakon Lake

Date: 1931
Description: Scenic view from shoreline over Namakagon Lake towards the opposite shoreline. There are two large buildings nestled among trees with a pergola on the lawn...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1931
Description: This 1931 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, highways and roads, and la...
Map or Atlas

Map of Half Moon Lake and Region Around Chippewa River

Date: 1931
Description: Prepared by Robert K. Boyd for his article "Up and down the Chippewa River" which appeared in the March 1931 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History, th...
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of LaCrosse County

Date: 1931
Description: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Maps shows United States, state, county and local highways and roads, schools, North Bend, creeks, lakes, rivers...

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