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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to the Devi-Bara Resort. There is sign on the fence that reads, "Saddle Horses - 1/2 block" and another sign on a tree denoting that t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from across road of a grocery store and gas station, with a home next door. The store features two pumps and advertises Deep Rock motor oil, Coca-Cola... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Row of cabins in Effinger Park. Each has a screened back porch. Picnic tables, sling-back chairs, and a parked car are under the trees on the lawn. |
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| Description: | About two dozen men sit in chairs and on stumps in a clearing in a wooded area, having a meeting. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A log cabin at Decatur Park. The cabin features a screened porch as well as a front porch. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A cylinder-shaped cement building with an open door in a rural area. In front of the building is a picnic table, and on the right an automobile is parked n... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | A home canvassed by a civil rights volunteer. "One of the 'better' homes that was canvassed in Summit. This one could also represent many homes in Hattie... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Illustrated postcard view of the exterior of Bancroft Dairy, and an inset at top left of Charmany Farms. Near the entrance of the dairy are chairs set arou... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tourist Camp, Reedsburg Wis." View of a tourist camp in a wooded setting. There is a long picnic table in the center, a building in t... |
| Date: | 08 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Anchor Inn, Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." A large log cabin, possibly for multiple guests, is surrounded by trees. Many of the w... |
| Date: | 08 15 1937 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "No. 2 Cottage, Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." A large log cabin is surrounded by trees. Many windows have awnings. Rustic wood se... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: Pop's Pine Resort, Virgin Lake, Three Lakes, Wis." A large clapboard building with many windows and a long enclosed porch. There is la... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Mary's Lake, Townsend. Wis." A rowboat and bench on the shore of a lake, and trees along the far shoreline. Mary's Lake is southwest ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "View at Whispering Pines on Marl Lake, Chain O' Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin." Outdoor seating with canopies and a birdhouse on the shor... |
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