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Mission Inn

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn of the Mission Inn on Madeline Island, with a shoreline on the left.
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Olson's Store at Crescent Park

Date: 08 1927
Description: A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental.
Drawing

Lakeside House

Date: 
Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Postcard

Main Lodge at Old Mission Inn

Date: 1937
Description: Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
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Ceylon Building on Lake Geneva

Date: 1893
Description: The Ceylon Building and its pier as seen from Lake Geneva. Originally built for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the building was later purchas...
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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
Postcard

Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
Postcard

Yacht Club

Date: 1914
Description: View down pier towards the Yacht Club on shoreline of Lake Winnebago. There is a widow's walk on the roof. Caption reads: "Oshkosh Yacht Club, Oshkosh, Wis...
Photograph

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1895
Description: view from the hotel of the expansive grounds of the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel on Lake Monona. Located in Blooming Grove Township, the hotel was opened in 187...
Print

Tonyawatha Spring Hotel Grounds

Date: 1889
Description: From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov...
Photograph

Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: Memorial Union Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Railing in foreground, with the boathouse tower in the background, with boats tethere...
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View from the Hotel Lawn

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of tables, chairs, and umbrellas arranged on a hotel lawn near a boat dock. People mill about on the dock, and two women are sitting beneath ...
Photograph

Cottages at Underwood Point

Date: 1870
Description: View toward three cottages along the tree-lined shore of Kelly Lake at Underwood Point. Small docks with boats are along the shoreline. A wooden bench with...
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Dering's Yard

Date: 
Description: View of Dering's yard on Green Lake. The yard features outdoor furniture on the lawn among trees, and boats are docked along a pier behind them.
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort Boats

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn of two men in a wooden rowboat on Spider Lake. There are two docks each with a wooden rowboat tied to it.
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H.L. Gary Summer Home

Date: 1940
Description: Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island.
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White Pine Lodge View from Lake Owen

Date: 1935
Description: View across water of a man, woman, and two children on the shoreline of Lake Owen at the White Pine Lodge. There is a dock on the far left, and a two-story...
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Boats at Shoreline of Lake Owen

Date: 1938
Description: View of two people in a canoe on Lake Owen near White Pine Lodge. Just behind them is a swimming platform. In the foreground is a dirt path in the grass, ...

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