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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across driveway of one-and-a-half story house with a stone chimney situated under large pine trees and new plantings. Cable Lake is in the background. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across water filled with lily pads of a one-story cottage on shore of Cable Lake. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Cottages on the shoreline of Cable Lake. The cottages are supported by pilings where they extend out over the water. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a log cabin atop a small hill next to Cranberry Lake. There is a rustic log railing along steps leading down to the lake. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A young man fishes on the rocky shore by the Old Mill. The Mill is three-stories high and features a cupola with a wind vane on top. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Water pouring between the logs of the Mirror Lake Dam. The opposite shoreline has trees and plants covering a steep, rocky cliff. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across Mirror Lake. A deck truss bridge crosses the lake high over the dam. Timme Mill, on the left side of the lake, is connected to the bridge. In t... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of Devil's Lake from the shore of the Kirkland Hotel, located at the southeast corner of the lake. There is building, perhaps a boathouse, on the shor... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of Lake Kegonsa shoreline, with cottages and boathouses along the shore, and farm buildings on a hill behind. There is a dock with several rowboats in... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Lake Geneva from the south extending to Waukesha and Milwaukee in the north. Delavan Lake and Lake Como are identified. Several electric... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | This Blue line print map shows trade area boundaries, lakes, farm homes, railways, high schools, public highways, and townships. A symbol key is included i... |
| Date: | 08 1960 |
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| Description: | This map shows a detailed account of southwestern Wisconsin. Individual settlers, the type of trees that grow in given areas, the quality of the soil (labe... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This map shows the locations of many scenic areas in La Crosse, Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Grant, and Iowa Counties. On the front side of the map, there i... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu... |
| Date: | 12 1972 |
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| Description: | Ojibwa man standing outdoors near an automobile. The man is wearing a plaid coat, and a cap. In the background are trees and a lake. |
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