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| 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. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | The general store and boat tour ticket selling counter. A man and a dog are posing in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Vending stand on Highway 13 near Van Hill Cabins. A man stands near an automobile parked in the road in front, and three girls are gathered on benches unde... |
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| Description: | Roadside restaurant with painted lettering in the windows promoting sandwiches, bakery, ice cream and cold drinks. The brick building next door is unidenti... |
| 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: | Exterior view of the service station on a street corner, with Olson's Rooms in the background. The service station is a stone building with a chimney, arch... |
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| Description: | View from street of the Shell Station at Wee Hoose. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | View from street of a sign hanging at 211 Broadway, advertising the Winnebago Indian Village, which was managed by Pipe Dyer. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fleet of "Ducks," amphibious vehicles at the Duck Dock from which tours are launched. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small information center. Text on reverse reads: "Keehner's Information Center Specialists in locating you 'A Vacation Spot Sure To ... |
| Date: | 09 26 1939 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Conservation Department float in the 1939 Chicago American Legion Parade. The float features two women who are standing in a canoe pretending t... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards the right half of the Joseph Hackel Building and the Stanley Hanks Building. The ground floor of the Joseph Hackel Buildin... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards the three-story Peter Hamacher Building. The ground floor consists of two businesses. On the left with a marble veneer aro... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Rock's Round Barn on Highway U.S. 14 near Spring Green, Wisconsin, is a very unique restaurant featuring a new and novel 'salad bar... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Crystal Cave Gift Shop & Cafe, Spring Valley, Wisconsin". On reverse it reads: "Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Wisconsin. Highway Wisco... |
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