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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Friends

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vacationing at a North Sea resort restricted to Jews, from left: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, three friends, Margeret Pollack (cousin).
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Little Bohemia Lodge

Date: 1990
Description: The Little Bohemia Lodge where John Dillinger and his gang escaped from the FBI after a shootout in 1934. The lodge was visited by members of the crew for ...
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Magda Herzberger and Relatives at Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Magda Moses Herzberger (child at center) standing with relatives dressed in bathing suits in front of a resort in Turda, Romania.
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Brennan Paving Company D-40 Trucks

Date: 1937
Description: Two International D-40 road repairs trucks used by the Brennan Paving Company are parked on the side of the road with men sitting in the cabs. They are in ...
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Wally Byam Airstreamer

Date: 06 1959
Description: Two men with cameras around their necks stand near a couple in a Plymouth pulling an airstream camper through a gate. The sign on the gate in the backgroun...
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Cliff House Inn

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an original photograph by H.H. Bennett of the Cliff House Inn at Devil's Lake as seen from the beach. Abraham Lincoln is reported to have slept h...
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Cabins at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1933
Description: Modest cabins located along shoreline of Turtle Flowage on a cloudy day.
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Cabins and Boats at Al's Place on the Turtle Flowage

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of vacation cabins and boats along lake shoreline of Turtle Flowage. The roof of the building on the right says: "Al's Place / Lunches — Ca...
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Cottage at Schilleman's Sylvan Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A cabin located in woods consisting of young birch and pine trees, a wooden chair situated under the trees. Sylvan Retreat was located near Lac du Flambeau...
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Hall's Resort on Chippewa Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of an automobile parked next to a building that has a gasoline pump in front of it by the dirt road of County Trunk B. There is a hand-pai...
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Shoreline Cottage near Hayward

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Description: View from water of a man wearing a hat and boots walking along the shoreline. A cabin is located up on the bank.
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Entrance to Scheer Bros. Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake.
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Boulder Lodge on Ghost Lake

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Description: A car parked by resort cabins on cutover land. There is a birdhouse perched on a tall pole in the yard.
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Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman sitting on a horse near cabins at Boulder Lodge.
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Two Women on Lawn of Large Estate

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Description: Two women pose on the lawn in front of a large estate. The building, with a large, wrap-around porch, and clock tower, was probably used as a resort or hot...
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Big Leech Lake

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Description: A view of the beach at Smokey Point Resort, on Big Leech Lake.
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The Terrace Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of the Terrace Hotel through its front gate, upon which the word "Bethesda" appears backwards. There is a horse-drawn carriage off to the sid...
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Rocky Shoreline

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Description: View along a rocky coastline toward resort hotels. People are sitting on the rocks, and a man is in a boat near the shoreline.
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Country Road

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Description: A group of men and women in a horse and coach on a country road with the Eastover resort estate in the background. Eastover resort estate was built in 1910...
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Surrey

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Description: Using a surrey as a taxi for a resort hotel, a man poses in the covered carriage in front of a tree. The city of Howey was founded in 1925, but its name ch...

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