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Cliff House on Devil's Lake

Date: 1874
Description: View west from the Cliff House at Devil's Lake.
Postcard

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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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 Outing on a Boat

Date: 1897
Description: View from shoreline of excursion boat docked in a wooded area. From left to right: Mary ??, Elizabeth Layton, Grace Hayman, Henry Wallis (owner of the Fren...
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Monona Lake Assembly at Olin Park

Date: 1890
Description: View from pier of groups of people walking along a Lake Monona dock and on the walkway to the shore. On the right is an excursion boat with a United States...
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The "Columbia" Steamboat at Bernard's Boat Landing

Date: 1893
Description: View down pier towards the "Columbia" steamboat at the boat landing. The shoreline is the the background. There are three or four people on the steamboat a...
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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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Unidentified People at Dock

Date: 1895
Description: View towards shoreline with several people on or near a docked boat next to a pier. An African-American woman is sitting under a tree with a white baby on ...

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