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Olson's Store at Crescent Park

Date: 08 1927
Description: A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental.
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
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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Cottage Inn

Date: 1835
Description: Two-story home with sloping roof. One man is whipping a team of eight cattle while another man drives the plow behind them. To the left stands a man near a...
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Cottage Inn

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Description: Drawing of a two-story building with a roof that slopes down to one story in the back. Two men are on the porch talking, a third is coming off a boat from ...
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La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

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Description: View along shoreline toward people relaxing on a beach lined with vacation houses. Groups of men and women are standing or sitting, some wearing street clo...
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Whip-Poor-Will Camp

Date: 1937
Description: Cedar shake and log cabin near lakeshore with boats. There is a man in a motorboat along the shore.
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Lyndale Bay Resort

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of men fishing from boats along lakeshore in front of three cabins on Upper Eau Claire Lake.
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White Pine Lodge on Lake Owen

Date: 1933
Description: Two women stand on the lawn looking at Lake Owen. There are wooden benches, trees, and a rowboat on the right. The White Pine Lodge with porches is on the ...
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The Maunesha — Scene on Crawfish River

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the river with trees on the left. On the right, two young boys are fishing from a rowboat in the river near a landing at the back of a thr...
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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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Sod-Breakers Wood Engraving

Date: 1840
Description: Sod-breaker and five yoke of oxen plowing in front of the “Old Cottage Inn.” In the foreground a boat is on the shoreline.
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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...
Postcard

Harnsward Lodge, Little Cedar Lake

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Description: View across lake towards Harnsward Lodge, with a group of people in bathing suits sitting on the landing of the boathouse. Caption reads: "Harnsward Lodge,...
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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 ...
Postcard

Rock Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Rock Lake. People are in rowboats at the shoreline. There are cabins behind the trees, and on the right is a pie...
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Fishing at Dam Lake

Date: 08 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man fishing from a rowboat near the shore. He is wearing a light shirt and vest, and a hat. Other boats are moore...
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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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