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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ...
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Riverside Park

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline towards a large boat, perhaps an excursion boat, and sailboats docked further down along the curving shoreline. Beyond the boats is a t...
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Riverside Park

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards an excursion boat moored at the shoreline of Riverside Park. There are houses beyond, and in the distance is a smokestack. Captio...
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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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Group of People with "Yankee Boy"

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Description: Elevated view from hill of men and women disembarking from the "Yankee Boy" boat on what appears to be a lake pier, with rowboats on the near shoreline, an...
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Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
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Boarding an Excursion Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w...
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Muskingum RIver

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Description: View of the Muskingum River. An excursion boat is moving past a dirt road in the foreground, and homes are in the distance.
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Pleasure Boat Ride

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Description: View of an outing party on board the pleasure boat, 'Victor.' Published by The Rexall Drug Store.
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Hartford Cottage on the Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: A small cottage in a wooded setting. There is a small boat with a man on the shoreline. There is a steep bluff on the far shoreline. A Frank Feiker 'Souven...
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Car Ferry on Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of ferry carrying three automobiles on the Mississippi River. An excursion boat is in the water nearby, and buildings are on the far sh...
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View from Avery's Edgewater Lodge Porch

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Description: View from the porch of Edgewater Lodge of the Wisconsin River and rock formations. A tour boat with passengers is passing by.
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Greetings From Brady's Lodge Kilbourn, Wis.

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Description: A collection of eight images of Brady's Lodge and other sights around the Dells. Includes the main building, cabins, views of the Wisconsin River, tour boa...
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North Side Landing, Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the North Side Landing. There is a covered tour boat at the edge of the lake and passengers on board. At the shoreline is a cabin...
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At the Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Eagle River dock, with excursion boats and a tug boat alongside two long piers in the foreground, and a steel frame bridge in the back...
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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...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 18

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Several of the images are view of a lake, and the others have are of pe...
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One of the Many Pretty Flower Beds, Riverside Park

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Description: View of flower beds in a park. An excursion boat is in the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "One of the Many Pretty Flower Beds, Riversi...
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Shores of Geneva Lake

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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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Pleasure Boat on Lake Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: View of a boat, the Whittaker, with most people sitting in chairs, and a few men standing. In the background is a steep shoreline, with houses along...

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