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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the city of Laona on the far shoreline. A large smokestack is spewing smoke. Caption reads: "Laona, Wis." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of Devil's Lake by moonlight. Two rock formations are in the foreground. The lake, trees, bluffs and sky are in the background. The text... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of Devil's Lake, looking south from the East Trail. Rock formations are in the lower left, with trees below. Bluffs, trees and sky are i... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a sailboat in the moonlight. Text below reads: "Greetings From Boulder Junction, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Tip Top Dance Pavillion on Anderson Lake. The view from the lake shows several automobiles parked outside the pavillion. The s... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline of Lake Eau Claire and a small island. Caption reads: "Lake Eau Claire, Augusta, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view along the shoreline of Lake Michigan at Northport. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Color enhanced postcard view of fisherman's shacks on the outlet of Logan's creek on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a view across water towards the rocky banks of Lake Wissota. Caption reads: "Lake Wissota, Chippewa Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colorized linen postcard of moonlight on Half-Moon Lake. Caption reads: "Moonlight on Half-Moon Lake, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View across beach towards a small boy standing at the water's edge. Rowboats are resting on the shoreline in the background. Caption reads: "Sand Beach, Eg... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge and main building on the opposite shoreline at Pamperin Park. Caption reads: "Pamperin Park, Green Bay, Wis." |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a bench near a tree on the left, and rowboats tied to a dock on the right. Further down the shoreline are a row of rowboats pu... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View of the flowage of the Totogatic, a designated wild river. Three rowboats are anchored just off shore. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View along the Lake Michigan sandy shoreline. Caption reads: "Shore Scene, South of Jacksonport, Wis." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a sailboat on Lake Geneva. A woman is standing on the deck. Caption reads: "Sailing — at College Camp, Wisconsin On Lak... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking downstream at the Fox River locks, with a bridge behind it. A boat is tied along the shoreline just below... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on... |
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