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"Apollo No. 1" Entering Narrows

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Description: "Apollo No. 1" steamboat entering Devil's Elbow at Narrows. There is a building in the background with a sign on the roof, probably the Larks Hotel.
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Dell View Hotel, Lake Delton

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: View across field towards the Dell View Hotel.
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Dell View Hotel Entrance

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: View of two columns topped by griffins at the entrance to Dell View Hotel.
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Baraboo, Wis. County Seat of Sauk Co.

Date: 1886
Description: Bird's-eye map of Baraboo with inset of Devil's Lake, the south and east sides of the commercial square, the First National Bank, and the Warren House hote...
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Imperial Hotel Luggage Tag

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Description: Luggage tag from the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. The hotel was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The luggage tag is part of an album of images of the hot...
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Imperial Hotel Luggage Tag

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Description: Luggage tag for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. This label includes a graph rendering of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building, and is thought to ha...
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Imperial Hotel Brochure Page

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Description: Illustration labelled "Banquet Entrance (Rear of the Hotel) from brochure about the Imperial Hotel (see ID#32422, 32451-2, and 32454)
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Visting Rotarians

Date: 1931
Description: A group of Rotarian tourists pose next to their tour bus in England. Joseph Jackson of Madison, the tall man in the back row wearing a hat, was a national...
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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".
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The Washington Inn

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Description: View of the exterior of the Washington Inn, including screened-in second-floor porches and wrought-iron flourishes. A row of chairs is near the ground floo...
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The Engleside Motor Bus

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Description: The Engleside Motor Bus parked in front of a large building, possibly a hotel. The driver is sitting in his seat, and other people, possibly bellhops, are ...
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Charter House Hotel

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Description: View across road toward the Charter House Hotel. A driver is sitting in an early touring automobile in front, and other people are standing nearby.
Map or Atlas

Resorts in Illinois & Wisconsin

Date: 1909
Description: A brochure with a map showing the North-Western Railway lines from northern Illinois, starting at Chicago, to southeastern Wisconsin, stopping at Sheboygan...
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Denton House Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Denton House of Eagle River, Wisconsin, with a profile view of a fish printed in brown ink across nearly the entire width of the page, and th...
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Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: This road map shows federal, state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michi...
Map or Atlas

Northern Wisconsin Lake Region : Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad

Date: 1926
Description: This 1926 map depicts resorts and camps, lakes and streams, railroads, and roads in portions of Vilas, Iron, Oneida, Price, and Lincoln counties in Wiscons...
Map or Atlas

Door County : Tourist Map of Door County, Wisconsin, with Directory of Summer Resorts

Date: 1940
Description: This tourist map of Door County, Wisconsin, lists the points of interest and tourist hotels, cabins and cottages in the area. Ferry schedules to Washington...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Kilbourn, Wisconsin and Vicinity

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map covers the section of the Wisconsin River in southern Adams, southeastern Juneau, northeastern Sauk, and northwestern Columbia counties. A po...
Map or Atlas

Door County : 250 Miles of Shoreline, Tourist Map of Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: "Issued by Door County Chamber of Commerce." Shows federal system highways, state highways, county trunk highways, country roads, and parks. Includes direc...

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