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Drawing

Mendota Lake Front Development Plan

Date: 1939
Description: The proposed Mendota Lake Front Development Plan, William Kaeser, architect.
Photograph

International Harvester Company of Australia

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Geelong Works in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Photograph

Boat Powered by PD-40 Engine

Date: 1939
Description: Pete Dyson sitting in a boat marked "Lottie." The boat had an International PD-40 power unit.
Photograph

Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
Photograph

Dock at Bergland

Date: 1939
Description: View down long wooden dock. There is a diving board on the dock as well as ladders for people swimming. On shore are three parked automobiles and a few cab...
Map or Atlas

Lake Survey Map of Lakes Island, Mason, and Chain

Date: 1939
Description: A survey map of Island Lake in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Chain Lake in Rusk and Chippewa counties, and Manson Lake in Oneida County. The maps show the de...
Postcard

The Pine Resort

Date: 1939
Description: View from pier across water towards the Pine Resort, which is a three-story building with screened-in porches on the shore of Egg Harbor. Street lamps line...
Photograph

Swimmers at Mauthe Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across beach towards a woman wearing a dress sitting on the top of a picnic table. Three girls in swimming suits and caps are standing near her. A lif...
Photograph

Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is standing on a boulder on the beach looking out at Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Hikers

Date: 1939
Description: A young man wearing a cap and sunglasses is posing standing with his right hand resting on a rock formation. He is holding a Kodak Brownie No. 2A box camer...
Photograph

Trout Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Trout Lake. There is a thin, sandy beach, and trees all along the curved shoreline.
Drawing

Sketch of Forest Lodge Boathouse

Date: 1939
Description: Pencil sketch of the Forest Lodge boathouse on Lake Namakagon. Sketch is signed "Lundir '39".
Postcard

High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago

Date: 1939
Description: Caption reads: "High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago, Wis." Elevated view of Lake Winnebago from High Cliff State Park. A stone outcropping ...
Postcard

Swallows' Nests

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Swallows' Nests, Wisconsin Dells. Every summer hundreds of swallows make their homes in holes in the soft sandstone cliff." Rock fo...

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