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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
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Carriage at Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum

Date: 07 05 1968
Description: Grand opening of the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum. Side view of a carriage with a fringed shade, pulled by a horse, traveling in front of the museum on t...
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Nelson Dewey's House at Stonefield Village

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Description: Color postcard view of Nelson Dewey's house at Stonefield Village.
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Eagle Light Lighthouse

Date: 07 04 1947
Description: Group of people standing in the yard in front of the lighthouse. The verso has this annotation:

"'Eagle Light' Lighthouse, Peninsula Park, Fish Creek, Wi...

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Midwest State Park Association Meeting

Date: 05 19 1957
Description: Group portrait of men standing on a lawn in front of a building. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the third row on the right end. The meeting was held in Penin...
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Three Men on a Park Bench

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Description: Three men sitting on a park bench in the lawn outside a building which has stone columns supporting a log fence. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is on the far left ...
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Tower at Lapham Peak Park

Date: 1950
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the observation tower. In the foreground is a historic plaque embedded in a rock. Caption reads: "Lapham Peak Park...
Postcard

Lake View Hotel, Devils' Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced black and white photographic postcard, a double length panorama of the Lake View Hotel. The lake shore is stabilized with a rock wall and a ...
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Devil's Lake Entrance

Date: 08 06 2012
Description: The north entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. The entrance is flanked by two fieldstone pillars.
Postcard

Egg Harbor Lodge

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Description: Two views of Egg Harbor Lodge — with the view of the lodge, and of Green Bay.
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Shelter House

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ...
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State Forest Buildings

Date: 04 1938
Description: An elevated view of a farmstead, including a house, barn, silo, and two small outbuildings. The house has a fieldstone wing with front gable and shutters o...
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Ranger Home

Date: 1939
Description: A one and one half story, stone clad house with wide siding in the front gable is standing on a low rise surrounded by a lawn and mature trees. On the reve...
Postcard

Rustic Log Lodge at State Park — Mellen, Wis.

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of a log structure with a stone chimney at Copper Falls State Park.
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Copper Falls Contact Station

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Description: Exterior view of the contact station at Copper Falls State Park, showing the stone chimney.

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