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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Promotional brochure for the Wisconsin Dells (then known as Kilbourn) issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The railroad illustrated many of... |
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| Description: | Sign for Lost Canyon, with people standing near a car in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr... |
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| Description: | Night view of gift shops, restaurants, and other attractions in a two-story shopping plaza. Several cars are parked along the curb beneath a streetlight in... |
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| Description: | Back fold of a Wisconsin Dells promotional brochure featuring a simplified Wisconsin highway map with directions to the Dells, and a drawing of a family dr... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Hiawatha bar at Stanton's Palm Garden. There is a triangular bar at the center, and tables and chairs lining the walls. There are multiple... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Shows railroads, roads, post offices, creeks, lakes, and cities. Includes chart of deposits and total resources from the years 1890 to 1905. "First Natio... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of a beach with a group of sunbathers posing around a large billboard that reads: "The only safe clean sandy beach in the Dells." |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The main building at Springhill Cottages, with a screened-in porch and a large billboard in front advertising cottages and rooms with private baths. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc... |
| Date: | 01 01 1874 |
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| Description: | Two-page spread from H.H. Bennett's studio inventory of 1874. The spread shows the inventory and value of items in the printing and furnishing room and on ... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the Indian Ceremonial at Stand Rock Amphitheatre. |
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| Description: | Outside of a Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial brochure. It contains information, prices and directions about the Indian Ceremonials at Stand Rock. The brochure... |
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| Description: | Inside of a Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial brochure. It contains information, prices and directions about the Indian Ceremonials at Stand Rock. The brochure ... |
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| Description: | Advertisement for John Trumble's photography studio which, at the time, also included an art gallery and a store for camera supplies and antiques. The post... |
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