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Fountain Spring House

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Fountain Spring House hotel.
Postcard

Waukesha Avalon Hotel

Date: 1920
Description: View of the stately Avalon Hotel. A drugstore occupied some of the space on the first floor. Caption reads: "Avalon Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Waukesha

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Waukesha, looking southwest, with insets of State Industrial School, Court House, and Fountain Spring House.
Map or Atlas

Lake Region of Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Colored bird's-eye map of Oconomowoc and the Lake Region, Waukesha County. Looking North from Government Hill. Location key below image identifies 24 Hotel...
Photograph

Che-ne-qua Hotel

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the Che-ne-qua Hotel on Pine Lake.
Photograph

National Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: View of National Hotel on Main Street.
Postcard

Park Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of the Park Hotel, with a child seated in the foreground. Caption reads: "Park Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
Postcard

Spring City Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Spring City Hotel. Caption reads: "Spring City Hotel, Waukesha, Wis."
Photograph

Stockman Inn

Date: 
Description: Stockman Inn, built in 1837 by Charles B. Stockman.
Postcard

Hotel Majestic

Date: 1927
Description: Hotel Majestic. Caption reads: "Hotel Majestic, Oconomowoc, Wis." An advertisement on the back reads: "Located on intersection of Highways 19 and 67. Situa...
Postcard

Draper Hall

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of Draper Hall. Caption reads: "Draper Hall, Oconomowoc, Wis."
Photograph

Draper Hall

Date: 1880
Description: Side view of Draper Hall on Lake Road. Tree-lined street with two men sitting on chairs in front of Draper Hall.
Photograph

Townsend House Boat House

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House boathouse across a lake.
Photograph

Townsend House

Date: 1870
Description: Townsend House and grounds with elaborate birdhouse in foreground.
Photograph

Townsend House

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of Townsend House. Image includes people sitting on porch, grounds, boat dock.
Photograph

Townsend House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House, a resort hotel. In the foreground there are three people in a rowboat, rowing under a bridge where four other people are...
Photograph

Okauchee House (Inn)

Date: 1936
Description: Okauchee House (Inn). View from the northwest.
Photograph

Okauchee House

Date: 1936
Description: Okauchee House main entrance detail. Printed on plaque: "880".
Photograph

Movie Set at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Tourists visit the historic Seven-Mile Inn at Old World Wisconsin transformed for its role as the Daleyville Bank in the ABC made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
Photograph

Townsend House Boat House - Anaglyph

Date: 1860
Description: Stereograph of the Townsend House boathouse across a lake.

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