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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Buildings along Walworth Street. Caption reads: "Walworth Street, Elkhorn, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View towards the fountain on the lawn in front of the library. Pedestrians are on the right. Caption reads: "Birge Memorial Fountain and White Memorial Lib... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across field towards the observatory. Caption reads: "Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The home of the Allertons. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The estate known as "Snug Harbor" built by George Sturges in 1884 and owned by the Sturges family until about 1908. In the driveway in front is a child in ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Pathways lead through trees on a lawn to the neo-classical styled White Memorial Library, funded by Mary Flavia White. In front of the library is Birge Fou... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the White Memorial library facade, with striped shades on the windows. A neoclassical style is visible in the columns flanking the door, the pedime... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the cottage built on the Black Point Estate in 1905. There are several screened porches and large awnings over the main floor windows. ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across water towards Frank Greene standing on a boulder seawall at Uihlein's Point on Geneva Lake. In the background on the left is a pier with a cove... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard bearing the inscription "Residence of Mrs. Conrad Seipp, Lake Geneva, Wis." The upper portion of the south side of the main house at ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard of the "Residence of H.G. Selfridge, Lake Geneva, Wis." The large Tudor influenced house has three stories and features a tall chimne... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of the Manhattan Resort and its tree-filled grounds. Caption reads: "The Manhattan, Delavan Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the Lake Lawn Resort. Delavan Lake is in the background on the left. There is an automobile parked under a roofed entryway that leads ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the Highland Park Hotel, a large white building with twin spires and a wrap around porch and balcony. A number of people are stand... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the public school, which is a large building with a bell tower, arched entrances and gables. Caption reads: "Public School, Elkhorn... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of a large hotel, with a wrap-around porch and a turret at the corner. Caption reads: "Hotel Beulah, Lake Buelah, Wis." |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard view down pier towards a lakeside hotel. Tourists are standing on the pier, and are also on the lawn. A sign at the shoreline framing... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "High School, Elkhorn, Wis." A three-story school with an arched entrance and belfry. Students are standing on the grounds and many ma... |
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