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Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: Rocky Roost, the Lamp family cottage, located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota, decorated for a party. Shown from the left are Matilda Lamp Lueder...
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Shoreline Cottage near Hayward

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Description: View from water of a man wearing a hat and boots walking along the shoreline. A cabin is located up on the bank.
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Two Children in Yard of Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: View from road of two children standing in the yard of a small cottage on a lake. There is a white rabbit on the ground between them. A bicycle leans again...
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Four men and two women outside lakeside cabin built with vertical logs at Spider Lake. One women is sitting on the ground hugging a dog, and the other wom...
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Moody's Log Cabins

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of log cabins on shore of Spider Lake. A dog is laying on a path near two lawn swings, and a man is leaning against a tree stump, gazing at ...
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
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Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of a boy sitting on the back of a wooden boat with his feet on a pier. He is holding a dog which is standing on the dock. There is a small ...
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Housekeeping Cottages at Cottage Grove Resort on Mason Lake

Date: 1927
Description: Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin.
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Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...
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Cooper Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ...
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W.A. Dennis Point Cottage

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of four people in a canoe on Cable Lake, with the W.A. Dennis Point Cottage and pine trees visible on the opposite shoreline.
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Pier at Brictson's Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1920
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses in Bavarian dress, holding a carved walking stick, on the porch of his cottage on Europe Lake. He wears a felt hat with braid and a la...
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Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
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Fishin's Good at Golden Rule Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees.
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Lake Kegonsa from Amundson's Store

Date: 1929
Description: A view across water of Lake Kegonsa's shoreline with cottages, docks and trees. A boy is in a rowboat near a boathouse in the foreground.
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Gray Gables Lake Kegonsa — F.G. Lane

Date: 1932
Description: View of a lakeside cottage with a man, woman and boy standing in front. A bench is on the left near the lake. Another cottage is on the right in the backgr...
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Scene at Weigands Bay

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline towards cottage at Weigands Bay, Lake Wisconsin. A pier and several small boats are along the shore, with a man posed sitting in a rowb...

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