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Shoreline Cottage near Hayward

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Description: View from water of a man wearing a hat and boots walking along the shoreline. A cabin is located up on the bank.
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Four men and two women outside lakeside cabin built with vertical logs at Spider Lake. One women is sitting on the ground hugging a dog, and the other wom...
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Moody's Log Cabins

Date: 1935
Description: View down hill of log cabins on shore of Spider Lake. A dog is laying on a path near two lawn swings, and a man is leaning against a tree stump, gazing at ...
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
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Gifford's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe on the shore of East Lake next to a dock on which people are standing and a flag is waving. On shore there is ...
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of a boy sitting on the back of a wooden boat with his feet on a pier. He is holding a dog which is standing on the dock. There is a small ...
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Housekeeping Cottages at Cottage Grove Resort on Mason Lake

Date: 1927
Description: Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin.
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Monona Lake Assembly

Date: 1886
Description: Women and children, who are members of the Monona Lake Assembly, relax beneath the trees at the Monona Lake Assembly grounds. There are tents and small bui...
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Pier at Brictson's Park

Date: 1925
Description: View from on a dock looking at a man and two boys sitting on the rock of the shore. Boats are tied to the dock.
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Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
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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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Skiers

Date: 01 1928
Description: Winter scene with Ferdinand Hotz, holding a cigarette, posing on skis. His wife, Clothilde, stands on the left with a long walking stick; daughter Helen (L...
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Iceboating

Date: 1920
Description: Three men work with an iceboat just offshore near Cottage Row Road. The sail and boom lie on the ice. There are boathouses and three windmills along the ...
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1920
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses in Bavarian dress, holding a carved walking stick, on the porch of his cottage on Europe Lake. He wears a felt hat with braid and a la...
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Dr. Gordon's Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: View across rocky shoreline of Dr. Gordon standing in front of his cottage on the rocky North Bay shore. The cottage is partially obscured in a dense stand...
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Cottages at Atcheson's Resort

Date: 1930
Description: View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill...
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Fishin's Good at Golden Rule Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees.
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Scene at Weigands Bay

Date: 1925
Description: View from shoreline towards cottage at Weigands Bay, Lake Wisconsin. A pier and several small boats are along the shore, with a man posed sitting in a rowb...
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Lamp's Nieces at Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Robert Lamp's cottage, Rocky Roost, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Lamp's four nieces are posed on the balcony, on the...
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Sandy Beach Resort

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Description: View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ...

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