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| Description: | View along shore path at Lake Geneva. Caption reads: "Shore Path Encircling Lake — Lake Geneva (Near Chicago)." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of winding road along a river, with trees in fall color. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The bluffs and lake appear hazy beyond an unpaved road and simple wooden bridge at Devil's Lake State Park. A man or boy at the shoreline can be seen throu... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the Knickerbocker Ice Company building. Rock Lake in the foreground. There is a ramp leading from the lake to the ice house. Caption reads: "The Ic... |
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| Description: | View of a cemetery with graves among trees. Place File: check Postcards, and add captions. Caption reads: "Part of Rock Lake Cemetery, Lake Mills, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of waterlilies and lily pads in round frame. Caption reads: "Scenery of Pond Lilies, South West side Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a cave entrance. Caption reads: "Smocks Cave, Monroe, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the front of a church, which has a bell tower, and a statue in a niche above the entrance. Caption on back reads: "St. Joseph's... |
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| Description: | Color postcard across water towards a rock formation. Waves are breaking against the rocks below. In the upper-right corner of the postcard are cherries on... |
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| Description: | Colortone view towards a bend in a highway. The Mississippi River is in the far distance. To the right of the highway is a large field with a fence running... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the front gate at the Wisconsin State Prison, taken from inside the prison grounds. In the foreground is the walkway to the gate ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Christmas greeting postcard with an illustration of a winter scene of a woman standing in the snow near a bridge, framed by a wreath of holly and berries... |
| Date: | 12 31 1912 |
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| Description: | Holiday postcard with a an illustration of a branch of Poinsettia. In the upper right corner in red ink, "A Happy New Year." |
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| Description: | A whiffle-buck, a fictional creature made by combining antlers, fangs, and a head. It is posed as if it were peeking out from behind a felled tree. Caption... |
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| Description: | Real Photo Post Card of a group of fishermen taking a food and beverage break. Three men and two youth are lounging on the ground with bottles and sandwich... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Woman's Building built in the Spanish Colonial style. Planters and a hanging plant are on the second floor balcony, above the two arch... |
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| Description: | Interior of the drawing room at the Governor's Mansion. The room is furnished with antique furniture, draperies and chandeliers. A woman's portrait is hang... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a couple in a canoe floating through a lotus bed. Caption reads: :Lotus Bed in Lake Mendota, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking toward a dam and bridge on the Rock River near Mayville. Two men are standing on the bridge. Caption reads: "Lower Dam, Mayvill... |
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| Description: | View of water lilies and lily pads in a river. Caption reads: "The Home of the Muskie." |
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