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Airplane at Don-Q Inn

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Description: An airplane at the thematically-based Don Q Inn.
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Mauston Service Station

Date: 1957
Description: Skelly service station, restaurant, and motel located along STH 12 in Mauston, Wisconsin.
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Trolley Inn

Date: 1941
Description: The Trolley Inn, diner, overnight cabins, and gas pumps, located on state highways 53 & 63, one mile south of Spooner. The juxtaposition of the former tro...
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Mt. Horeb Motel

Date: 1951
Description: The Village Inn and Motel, Mount Horeb.
Postcard

Motel with Swimming Pool

Date: 1965
Description: The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ...
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Uphoff's Motel

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Description: Exterior view of Uphoff's Motel taken from across the street. The image shows a round section that was part of the original building known as Uphoff's Rotu...
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U.S. Highway 41 Ramp

Date: 1977
Description: View looking north at the ramp from USH 41 northbound.
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Silver Street in Hurley by Daylight

Date: 1942
Description: View up Silver Street in Hurley.
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Silver Street in Hurley at Night

Date: 08 02 1942
Description: Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ...
Postcard

Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort

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Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of Cerami's Island View Hotel Motel Resort on the shore of Brown's Lake.
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Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest...
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Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: The Waterfall, an 18 unit motel and restaurant, was opened in 1958 and owned and operated by Oregon's village president, F.E. Madsen, and John Struck. A wa...
Postcard

The Farm Kitchen

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Description: Exterior view of The Farm Kitchen — a motel and restaurant. Bushes and flowers are planted along the drive.
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Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel Menu

Date: 03 30 1962
Description: Menu from the Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel, with an illustration of an arch over an elevated, covered walkway, cars on the road beneath, and the motel in the yel...
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Town/Campus Motel

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, on the corner of North Frances Street, towards the three-story building. The upper floors are part of the Town/Campus Motel. The ...
Postcard

Nightingale Supper Club and Lorraine Motel

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Nightingale Supper Club and Lorraine Supper Club, Sturgeon Bay, Wis." Aerial view of the two businesses on State Highway Business 42,...
Postcard

Lighthouse on the Lake Motel

Date: 1973
Description: Text on sign reads: "Lighthouse on the Lake, Motel, Restaurant, Indoor Pool." On reverse: "Lighthouse Inn on the Lake. Highway 42, 1515 Memorial Drive, Two...
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Lighthouse Inn on the Lake

Date: 1973
Description: Text on front reads: "Lighthouse Inn on the Lake. Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Stained Glass Windows in Restaurant Lobby by First Class Stained Glass, Manitowoc,...

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