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Our Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: A family sits on a porch of a two-story cedar shake house with Lake Superior in background.
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Men on the Balcony of Rocky Roost

Date: 09 18 1892
Description: Four men sit on the balcony of Rocky Roost, the vacation home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota. The men ar...
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Edwards Tower Cottage

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Description: A man and four children stand in front of Edwards Tower Cottage. The cottage is built in the style of a lighthouse.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Elevated view of two couples walking on a trail. A lake is is the background, along with log cabins. A canoe with three people is in the background.
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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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Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
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Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1899
Description: A young Aldo Leopold posing proudly with his bamboo fishing pole, stringer of perch and a dog. The family was on vacation in the Cheneaux Islands, near Mac...
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Horse-Drawn Carriage at Black Point

Date: 1980
Description: View from lawn of a man holding the harness of a team of two horses hitched to an open carriage on the brick drive at Black Point. A large group looks on f...
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Fiftieth Anniversary

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Henry Bartholomay, Jr. and his wife, Clara Seipp Bartholomay pose at the corner of the screened porch at their summer home on the occasion of their fiftiet...
Postcard

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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Description: A presidential political campaign postcard with an aerial view of Rancho Del Cielo, or "The Western White House." In the upper left corner is a head and sh...
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Homeward Bound

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of adults and two children standing next to Island Lodge, just before heading home. In the center is Jim McClure, holding a fishing pole. On...
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Now Look Enthusiastic

Date: 1898
Description: W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt...
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George and Thekla Brumder

Date: 1901
Description: In a photograph labeled "Geo and Teck" George F. Brumder (1878-1961) is sitting and smiling with his wife Thekla Wollaeger Brumder (1879-1950) on the steps...
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Brumder Family on Porch

Date: 1900
Description: George Brumder, sitting at right, and his wife Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting and wearing a dark dress, are posing with family members on the porch ...
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Motor Car (Double Exposure)

Date: 1905
Description: A double exposure featuring an early runabout automobile in front of the summer home of George Brumder at Pine Lake. Brumder, with cap and beard, is seated...
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Moving In

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder posing standing beside an automobile hitched to a trailer, which is precariously loaded with household furnishin...
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Brumder Family Group

Date: 1925
Description: Several children of George and Henriette Brumder, with their spouses, children and grandchildren posing for a group portrait on the grounds of Villa Henrie...
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Villa Henrietta

Date: 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of two unidentified women walking up a broad sidewalk to the lake-facing (east) facade of Villa Henrietta, originally the Pine Lake ...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Family

Date: 1918
Description: A casual portrait of the Lucy and W.A. Holt family. Standing from left to right: Alfred Holt in military uniform, Jeannette Holt, Lucy Rumsey Holt, W.A. Ho...
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Mary Livingston and W. Blair Flandreau

Date: 1900
Description: Mary Livingston and W. Blair Flandreau are standing on the porch of the original Forest Lodge, along with another woman with her back to the camera. Mary i...

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