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| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | The cover from the 1926 schedule lists the ports of call for the Goodrich fleet and features a drawing of the "Alabama". |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A woman playfully spins another woman (probably her daughter) in a yard in front of a house. There is a lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel sits at a picnic table with another woman. Mary is holding a ukulele and there is a cottage and lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Two young men stand together in a jaunty pose. A group of boys are in the background. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel is smiling and running in the yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Four young men pose together in a car. They are parked on a drive near small outbuildings. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel, right, in bathing cap, poses with two friends on a pier to which a rowboat is moored. They are all wearing bathing suits. The far shoreline o... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | "Gramps" (E.W.) Brandel wearing a hat and eyeglasses, paddling with a big smile on his face. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the S.S. Leviathan as the "World's Largest Ship." The poster depicts an elevated view of a large number of tourists... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people walking along Midland Beach and boardwalk. Several buildings stand alongside the boardwalk and a Ferris wheel is in the background. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men, women, and children swim in the water between two docks. Children in the foreground play with a flotation device. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Playland picnic grove and beach, both crowded with people. A large ship, pavilions and outbuildings are in the background. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | People sunbathe on the beach at Playland while others swim in the surf. A turreted building decorated with flags is in the background. Caption reads: "The... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the beach and boardwalk at Playland, crowded with people walking on the boardwalk, sunbathing on the beach and wading in the water. The be... |
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