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Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago

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Description: Aloah Beach on Lake Winnebago. There is a board sidewalk on the left. A sailboat is out on the lake on the right near the shoreline.
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Bay View Beach

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Bay View Beach, with several boats in the foreground, and buildings behind them. Caption reads: "Bay View Beach, Green Bay, Wis."
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Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
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Oh, Be My Valentine

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Description: Valentine's Day postcard of woman sitting on the beach with Cupid standing behind her holding a quiver of arrows. She is wearing a bathing costume and cap....
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Bathing Beach, Near Tourist Camping Site, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 07 07 1928
Description: Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from t...
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Pier Landing, From Tourist Campsite, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w...
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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor...
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View of the Rosenheimer Resort, at Large Cedar Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Hand-colored view of Rosenheimer Resort from across Big Cedar Lake. The resort has a large main building with a wrap-around porch, and there is a dock and ...
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Sand Beach, Egg Harbor

Date: 1949
Description: View across beach towards a small boy standing at the water's edge. Rowboats are resting on the shoreline in the background. Caption reads: "Sand Beach, Eg...
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Bathing Beach, Ellison Bay

Date: 1919
Description: View towards shoreline with a group of people gathered at a bathing beach. Some people are in the water; other people are standing on the shore fully dress...
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The Bathing Beach

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Description: View from shoreline looking out towards the public beach with several bathers. Diving platforms are out in the bay. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis. The Ba...
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Bathing Beach

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Description: View from dunes towards a beach with bathers. The main dock and Peninsula State Park are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bathing Beach - Fish Creek, Wis."
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Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort

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Description: Kodak photographic postcard of an aerial view of a lakeside resort with a large, sandy beach. Caption reads: "Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort, Heafford Junction...
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Wisconsin Postcard

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Description: Printed color postcard. In the center is a map of Wisconsin with towns, rivers and other attractions over a yellow background. Around the outside is a doub...
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Fun at the Lake

Date: 1907
Description: An unidentified young woman wearing a white dress is standing on the prow of a skiff watching fifteen children playing in shallow water. A second woman is ...
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Bathing Beach, East, Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View along beach with many small stones towards three people near a beached sailboat. There is a boathouse in the background further down the shoreline. Ca...
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Waterskiing on a Pretty Lake, Vacationland Scene

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view from hill of a waterskier and motorboat on Rock Lake.
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Thoma's Bathing Beach, Little Cedar Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard view of people swimming and standing in the lake. People are out in boats in the background. Caption reads: "Thoma's Bathing Beach, L...
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View of Rosenheimer's Resort on Large Cedar Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a lakeside resort. The largest building has three stories, and below it is a small, sandy beach near a dock. Caption reads: "View...
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Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Magnificent view of Lake Michigan shoreline from Racine Harbor to Wind Point Lighthouse. Photo Courtesy RAMAC." Aerial view of Racine Har...

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