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| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A fish is scooped in a net after being caught with a fishing pole at Twin Lakes. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is peering over his glasses at a thermometer fastened to the outside of his house. He is dressed warmly in a plaid coat, scarf and hat. A houseplant ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Mary Livingston Griggs is standing next to the flowered edged fence of the Forest Lodge tennis court. Mary is wearing a dress with a short-sleeved cardigan... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Front doorway to the main lodge which is built of horizontal chinked-logs with stone entrance steps; two stone chimneys on a cedar shake roof. Striped awni... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Mary Livingston Griggs and her daughter Mary are walking over the Brule River on a wood bridge with iron railings. Three men and one woman are walking with... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Richard Burton poses, in costume, next to a plaque of Alexander the Great. Burton wears a curly blonde wig for the title role of the 1956 film "Alexander ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Three boys lawn bowling on the bowling green next to Lake Namakagon; the Forest Lodge Boathouse and Champagne Island are in the background. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Wisconsin at Chimney Rock, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat full of visitors on the Wisconsin River at the formation named Chim... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Several men are seated at tables while one man stands at a podium. Behind him a banner declares the Golden Anniversary (1906-1956) of the Advertising Club ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women adjust a large camera, while two men look on. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Dells, Wis. 1956. Miriam Bennett, daughter of Henry H. Bennett, noted 1... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A teenage girl is sitting in a chair in the right foreground in front of a desk. A woman is sitting behind the desk facing her. Caption reads: "Oregon, Wis... |
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