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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Man pumps gas into an automobile at the Consolidated Boat Co. There is advertising for Coca-Cola, Baby Ruth, and Occident Flour on the side of the small fr... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Triangle filling station on Highway 12, which sold gasoline, ice, and other items. A man stands in front by the gas pump, and a map of... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down the brick street in a busy commercial area. Cars are parked on either side of the road. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View down a cobblestone brick road. Stores on the street include: the Columbus Hotel, Tremont Hotel, and a drug store. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A group portrait at the entrance to the Schofield Hotel. A man and five women pose near a parked car at the hotel entrance sign. The sign listed J.A. Smith... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man and four women pose at the exterior of a log cabin with a "chateau" sign over the entrance. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A man, woman, and child pose by a car near a tourist camping stop. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street. The shops along the street include: Everson and Hinrich's grocery store, Perry Music House, and Bon Ton Restaurant. A man poses with... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down shady Lodi Street. The shops further along the street include: a laundry service, People's Clothing Store, E.N. Davis Furniture, Gates Brother's ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards the entrance to Golden Rule Park. A large sign says "Golden Rule Park / Welcome." Men, woman and children are posed near cabins an... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from street of City Hall building on a corner. There are garages in the back on the left. On the corner there is a stop sign, a Hwy 51 signpost, and a... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across road of cottage with a screened porch in a wooded area. Picnic tables are on the left. A bench is in front of the cottage. A row of planters in... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View of a beach with a group of sunbathers posing around a large billboard that reads: "The only safe clean sandy beach in the Dells." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Four people, two men and two women, stand on a pier near an excursion boat on Lake Delton. A sign with flags is on top of the boat and reads: "Lake and Riv... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Group of people posed on the steps and porch of a cottage. The cottage has a wrap-around porch, and there is a swing between two trees on the left. A man a... |
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