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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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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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Shady Rest Cottage

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of Shady Rest Cottage at Lake Breeze Resort. The building has a stone chimney and there is a wooden bench swing in the front yard. Caption re...
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Fishing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of the banks along a fishing stream, with a few buildings on the other side of the water. Caption reads: "Great Fishing Resort Near Kirksvill...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View across lawn, with a driveway on the left leading to the Bedford Springs Resort. Children and adults are relaxing outdoors. The hotel was built in 1806...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: Exterior view of the Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. A car at the entrance is under a second-story walking bridge that leads to a large, balcony wit...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View across the lawn toward the porches and balconies of the Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806.
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View of Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806, taken from the veranda. A row of arched columns spans the length of the veranda between the front of the bui...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: Exterior of Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. The view is from one end of a colonnade, with a band performing near a door that leads into the resort b...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View of a walkway at Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. From one end of the collonade, a man can be seen standing while other people sit in chairs and ...
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Bedford Springs Resort

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Description: View along the front of the dining room veranda at Bedford Springs Resort, built in 1806. Straight backed chairs are arranged along the brick facade on the...
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Bluff House

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Description: Adults and children read newspapers and books while sitting on chairs on the lawn outside Bluff House. The house is on the right, featuring a porch, balcon...
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Smith's Hotel

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Description: A bridge leads across a body of water to the three-story Smith's (Resort) Hotel. Several people stand on the building's wrap-around porch and the roof feat...
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Boys on Horseback at Buck Hill Falls

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Description: Boys ride ponies and travel in horse-drawn carriages through a field at Buck Hill Falls, a private resort community in the Pocono Mountains. Behind them,...
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Segers Bathing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of children swimming in a pool between buildings at Segers Bathing Resort. A wooded area surrounds the resort.

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