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Unidentified Group at Bird's Nest Resort

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Description: Unidentified group of people posing in front of the Bird's Nest Resort.
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Courtyard at Cliff House

Date: 1878
Description: Courtyard at Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. The house has a stone first floor, a balcony on ea...
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Hoard's Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Hoard's hotel, with people standing on the wrap-around front porch. Caption reads: "Hoard's Hotel, Lake Koshkonong, Near Fort A...
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REA Representatives

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Group portrait of five men representing regional electic and telephone cooperatives attending a meeting at the Edgewater Hotel.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Park Hotel, with a child seated in the foreground. Caption reads: "Park Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
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Park Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Park Hotel from a clipping taken from the Park Falls Herald of April 5, 1962. The caption reads: "Park Hotel was a landmark in the early days of Park Falls...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
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Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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The Royal Poinciana Hotel, Cocoanut Grove

Date: 1893
Description: A view of an outdoor seating area at Royal Poinciana Hotel. Numerous tables are arranged around the perimeter of a courtyard, each set with a tablecloth, p...
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Dining Outdoors at Exeter Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of Exeter Inn with guests dining outdoors under trees. Built in 1932, the hotel's Georgian facade features a doorway and an awning under which tab...
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Kittatinny Hotel

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Description: View from sidewalk toward men and women standing near the entrance to the Kittatinny Hotel while a boy tends to a horse and carriage to their left. The fac...
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Mlakar Hotel

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Description: Exterior view over railroad tracks of the Mlakar Hotel near a train station. A man sits on the porch of the hotel.
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Northern Lakes Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: View across yard of three people standing on the porch of the two-story Northern Lakes Hotel on Rest Lake. There is a stone chimney and brickwork around th...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View of front of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Two men are posed sitting on the first floor porch, and two wo...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of the facade of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Men and women are posed sitting and standing on ...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of two men posed sitting in a wagon full of grain bags and pulled by a team of four horses in front of the Merchants Hotel. L.S.Y. June, t...

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