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Fitzgerald's Rooms & Cabins "As You Like 'Em" 501 Broadway

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Description: Guest cottages at Fitzgerald's along a sidewalk. Benches are next to the doors. Laundry is drying in the back on a clothesline. The main building is in the...
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"The Gables" Rooms & Cottages

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Description: View across lawn and sidewalks towards the main house which has a screened porch. Chairs are on the lawn. A woman is sitting on the porch of the house next...
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Jonathan Bowman Home for Women

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Description: Exterior view from street of a house in a residential neighborhood. A carport or porte-cochere is on the left of the front porch. Two women stand in the ya...
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The Marten's Room and Bath

Date: 1931
Description: Guest house with a sunroom in the front.
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Modern Home Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view across street of the Modern Home Hotel in a residential neighborhood. There are large, enclosed porches on the first and second stories. A la...
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Modern Home Hotel

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Description: Front porch at Modern Home Hotel. There is a drinking fountain in the foreground on the left. The furniture on the porch includes a desk, rocking chairs, a...
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Annex No. 1, Modern Home Hotel

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Description: View of the annex with more guest rooms and a porch, with part of the main building on the left. Plants and bushes are in the lawn.
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Annex No. 2, Modern Home Hotel

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Description: View of an annex with more guest rooms, and exterior stairs that rist from the porch up to a balcony. Women are sitting on the porch and the lawn. On the l...
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Modern Rooms and Bath — 808 Elm Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of a house with rooms and baths for tourists.
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Oak Villa

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter view from road of a guest house with a large porch. A large sign on the lawn in front advertises running water in the rooms and a rate of $1 ...
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Oak Villa Annex — Mrs. S.J. Knudsen — Wis. Ave. & Oak St.

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of a house with rooms for tourists. The main house is in the background on the right. There is a lawn swing under a blossomin...
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Service Station

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Description: Exterior view of the service station on a street corner, with Olson's Rooms in the background. The service station is a stone building with a chimney, arch...
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Olson's Woodlawn

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of Olson's Woodlawn Rooms, a large brick building with striped awnings over some of the windows on the first floor. A low stone wall is on...
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Shady Lawn — 1038 Superior Street

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of Shady Lawn Rooms and Bath. There is a lawn swing and a tire swing in the lawn. On the porch is a porch swing. Firewood is stacked by the f...
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The Van Annex

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of the annex of Hotel Van. There are two entrances and two exterior stairs on either side of the building. Two women are sitting in the la...

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