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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Jenkin and Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones stand in front their "clubhouse" on the north shore of Lake Monona. |
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| Description: | A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake. |
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| Description: | A small gasoline station and refreshment station advertising distilled water, hot dogs, hamburgers, groceries, coffee, and other products. Near the station... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of men and girls stand in front of a large tent at Chautauqua Grounds, an establishment founded in 1874. The girls hold a sign that reads, "J.F. Eg... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of two-seat lawn swings amid trees on a lawn. Cabins are along a hill in the background. There is an information center on the far left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ... |
| Date: | 09 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Bruce Tourist Camp. A dirt road curves into the camp, with a large sign at the entrance, and cabins, picnic tables and ma... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A cottage with a "Hill-Side" sign. An outhouse is to the right of the cottage. There is a path up the hill on the left. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A group portrait at the entrance to the Schofield Hotel. A man and five women pose near a parked car at the hotel entrance sign. The sign listed J.A. Smith... |
| Date: | 10 18 1939 |
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| Description: | Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A group of women and children sit at a picnic table at the Black Bridge Boat Livery off Highway 12. Behind them is a building with a screened porch facing ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A sign stapled to a tree on a labor camp that says "No trespassing/Visitors will be prosecuted under Section 943.13, Wis. State." This sign was typically u... |
| Date: | 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Camp Pond in North Africa. A rock in the fire pit in the foreground has "Camp Pond" painted on it. Three tents, three people, two upside down bicycles and ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from driveway with stone columns, over road towards the entrance gate to the Pine Grove Camp. People are standing near an automobile, tents and an out... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | The entrance archway to Riverview Free Campground, with signs advertising amenities and boat trips. The information and ticket desk are on the right of the... |
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| Description: | View from other side of road towards the Continental Cabin Camp and Texaco station along Highway 12. There are people standing near two parked cars. |
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| Description: | View down dirt road of the tourist camp with cottages. There is a building for men's and women's showers in the foreground, and a building marked "Toilet" ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou... |
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| Description: | Interior view of library in Main Lodge. Two campers are seated at a table reading; another camper is browsing the shelves. Original caption notes: "In 1937... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy... |
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