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Olson's Store at Crescent Park

Date: 08 1927
Description: A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental.
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
Photograph

Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
Photograph

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...
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...
Print

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...
Photograph

View from the Hotel Lawn

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of tables, chairs, and umbrellas arranged on a hotel lawn near a boat dock. People mill about on the dock, and two women are sitting beneath ...
Photograph

Eggert's Point Henry Resort Boats

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn of two men in a wooden rowboat on Spider Lake. There are two docks each with a wooden rowboat tied to it.
Photograph

White Pine Lodge View from Lake Owen

Date: 1935
Description: View across water of a man, woman, and two children on the shoreline of Lake Owen at the White Pine Lodge. There is a dock on the far left, and a two-story...
Photograph

Boats at Shoreline of Lake Owen

Date: 1938
Description: View of two people in a canoe on Lake Owen near White Pine Lodge. Just behind them is a swimming platform. In the foreground is a dirt path in the grass, ...
Photograph

Backyard Swimming

Date: 1957
Description: Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ...
Photograph

Children With A Dog

Date: 
Description: A toddler holding a toy stands outdoors on a lawn next to a baby sitting in a toddler table and a dog. In the background is a pier and a lake.
Photograph

Outdoor Portrait of Mr. Olin and Horse

Date: 07 28 1896
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mr. Olin sitting on a horse on a lawn near the shoreline of a lake. The far shoreline is in the background. Near the shoreline on the r...
Photograph

Jesse Stone

Date: 1913
Description: Jesse Stone walking on board sidewalk, with the Mission Inn along the shoreline in the background.
Photograph

Uihlein's Point

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards Frank Greene standing on a boulder seawall at Uihlein's Point on Geneva Lake. In the background on the left is a pier with a cove...
Photograph

The Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: View from water over boats towards the four-story wood frame Second Empire style Whiting House Hotel standing on the lake shore at Lake Geneva. Several set...
Photograph

Edgar Hornung Trimming a Hedge

Date: 1982
Description: A man, identified as Edgar Hornung, trims a hedge along a chain link fence. He stands on rocks at the top of the steep shoreline with his back to the camer...
Postcard

Yacht Club

Date: 1910
Description: View across lake towards a line of sailboats at the dock of the Yacht Club. People are standing on the pier, and on the boathouse.
Postcard

Scene Along the West Shore

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline towards a group of people standing on a pier. Sailboats are anchored in the water in the background. Caption reads: "Scene Along the W...

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