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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The municipal sand-bottomed swimming pool was a popular spot to cool off in the summer months. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Chulew family (from left): Marcia, Natalie, and Manny at Schwartz's Resort. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Crescent Beach, with campsite with cabins and miniature golf course and other outbuildings. Downtown buildings can be seen in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Atlantic City as "the playground of the world," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depicts the buildings ... |
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| Description: | A view of the beach at Smokey Point Resort, on Big Leech Lake. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people walking along Midland Beach and boardwalk. Several buildings stand alongside the boardwalk and a Ferris wheel is in the background. |
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| Description: | Men and women sit beneath umbrellas on the beach in front of the Colonial Hotel. In the background people are walking on an elevated boardwalk. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Canoes and lawn chairs at the shore of Upper Eau Claire Lake. Caption reads: "Big Eau Claire Lake From Taylors Cabins, Drummond, Wis." |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay... |
| Date: | 07 1923 |
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| Description: | View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Shows Milwaukee and Waukesha counties, and parts of Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Jefferson, Walworth, and Racine counties. Includes indexes of "Cities, Town... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of a beach with a group of sunbathers posing around a large billboard that reads: "The only safe clean sandy beach in the Dells." |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | This map of Superior shows many points of interests including camping, fair grounds, docks, tourist attractions, lakes, roads, and waterways. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| 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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| Description: | A collection of images from Nettland's Roll Inn and other sites around the Dells including: the Narrows, Stand Rock, Lone Rock, and the beach at Lake Delto... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of a bathing beach on the Wisconsin River at Pine Glen Properties. Bathers on sitting on the beach on the left. Four more people are s... |
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| Description: | View from the water of the beach at the Ravenswood Hotel. A group of people are in the water and along the shoreline. There is a tour boat tied up along th... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard with views of Walmar Lodge, with two cottages and the Wisconsin River as seen from the lodge. Caption reads: "Greetings from Walmar L... |
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