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Dining Room

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of the dining room at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Resort. Female servers stand along the walls near the tables.
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Main Lawn at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol...
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Edgewood Valley Resort

Date: 1926
Description: Tree-quarter view of Edgewood Valley Resort, a stone dwelling with guest rooms. A woman and three girls are standing in the yard.
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Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which has a porch and a balcony. Signs in front advertise rooms, bath and garage for 75 cents per person, ...
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Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which is a private home with rooms for tourists, with a screened-in porch, and a balcony. Two children are stan...
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Mrs. C.F. Fritz — Rooms and Bath — 816 Church St.

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of a home that provides rooms and baths for tourists for 75 cents and $1. There is a porch in the front and and in the back. Trees are in the...
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Honeymoon Inn — Grandview Hotel "At the Dells"

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of a small cottage at the Grandview Hotel. Flowers are in a window box and an automobile is parked in back.
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Mrs. H.E. Heitman — Rooms in Privat [sic] Home

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of a house in a residential neighborhood with a large screened-in porch, and a bench and a lawn swing in the front yard.
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Furnished Rooms — Mirror Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1925
Description: View from road of main building at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach Resort, a two-story structure with a porch on the left.
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Log Cabin at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a log cabin between two other cabins at Mirror Lake Bathing Beach. There are dandelions in the lawn.
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Scene at Spring Brook Farm Resort — At the Dells

Date: 1929
Description: A group of people are gathered on and around a bench on the lawn in front of the porch.
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Van Hill Stand on Highway 13

Date: 1925
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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"Wee Hoose" Service Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a stone building which has a steep, tiled roof, and an awning over the open doorway under the "Wee Hoose" sign. In front are pumps for She...
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The Elmwood Rooms — 531 Washington Avenue

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of private home in a residential neighborhood with rooms available to tourists. There are flower boxes on the railing of the porch.
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Jens L. Gregerson Farm Tourist Home — Highway 16 East

Date: 1931
Description: Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing.
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Terraces at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Stone terraces at the Ravenswood Hotel. In the foreground are flowers, some potted, in a raised bed. Two more stone walls are on the hill in the background...
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The Van Annex

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of Hotel Van. There are two entrances and two exterior stairs on either side of the building. Two women are sitting in the la...
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Camping at the Dells

Date: 1905
Description: Four young women are posing sitting on the ground in front of a large tent. One man is standing behind the women at left, while another is sitting on a tre...
Postcard

Free Waterfront Trolley

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Free Parking Lot Trolley. For your convenience you may ride the trolley from your car to Boat Dock. 'Have a Great Day.' Wisconsin D...
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Country Kitchen

Date: 07 15 1968
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Country Kitchen. Wisconsin's Most Unique. A Dinner or a Snack – Plenty of Parking. Location: Hwy. 13 Exit on I-90-94 at intersectio...

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