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Whiting House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Whiting House with its large harbor and boats. Whiting House is a four-story wood frame Second Empire style hotel standing on the l...
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Napoleon Willows

Date: 1910
Description: Napoleon Willows at the foot of North Livingston Street and Lake Mendota.
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Memorial Union Theater

Date: 1948
Description: View from Bascom Hill of Memorial Union Theater on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Park Street is on the right, and in the background is Lake M...
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President's Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype view of the residence on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The president's home is at the corner of Langdon and Park Streets, the curre...
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Old Settlers' Association Treehouse Cabin

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of bark-clad cabin near Devil's Lake. The cabin has wooden steps leading up to the second floor and is surrounded by trees. The lake can be seen i...
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White Birch Lodge with Log Walkway

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Description: Elevated view of White Birch Lodge. A log walkway leads to the rustic summer house surrounded by trees. A body of water stands in the background.
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Pier at Bible Institute

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Description: Rear view of the Bible Institute on Green Lake. Two men are sitting in a boat docked at a pier. Behind them are stairs leading to the rear entrance of the ...
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Lawsonia Country Club Hotel

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Description: Exterior view along shoreline toward the Lawsonia Country Club Hotel, which opened to the public in 1930. Outside the building, stairs lead to the shore of...
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Mayor's Summer Home

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Description: View across water towards the Mayor's summer home as seen from across Pine Lake. Children and adults are standing in front of the two-story dwelling. To th...
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Cottages of the Great Outdoors Club

Date: 1935
Description: View from North Lake of log cabins on top of low hill. A wooden set of stairs with a railing leads down to the shoreline.
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The Slide at Pease Resort

Date: 1938
Description: A large slide at Pease's Resort on the shore of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. Children are in the water near stairs that go up the hill.
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Meskan's on East Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from water of a boy sitting on the back of a wooden boat with his feet on a pier. He is holding a dog which is standing on the dock. There is a small ...
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Whip-Poor-Will Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of cabins and boats near shoreline of inland lake.
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Meskans on East Lake

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of a woman wearing a bathing suit sitting on the dock in front of a cabin. Five people stand on the porch of the cabin looking out over the...
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Dock at Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: A view down the stairway on a steep hill with a rock wall at the dock on Buskey Bay (not Lake Millicent). Boats and an adult and child are visible on the d...
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Dock and Diving Board

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of seven men, women and children standing on the shoreline at Log Cabin Lodge looking out over a diving board and dock on Lake Millicent. T...
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Boat at Dock, Norseman Lodge

Date: 1933
Description: View looking out over Lake Millicent from steep hill at Norseman Lodge. In the foreground is a chair and diving board on the dock. One boat is tied to the ...
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Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia

Date: 1931
Description: View down lake shoreline on Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia. There are stairs coming down to the lake, and a bench, as well as docks, a flag pole and a d...
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Buehlow's Resort on Partridge Crop Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View from lake up hill of two wooden cabins. Nearby is an automobile, stairs to the beach, and some boats on the shoreline at Buehlow's Resort on Partridge...
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View of Pine Gable's on Lake Owen

Date: 1931
Description: View from the water of three boys on the dock at the foot of a steep stairway. There is a large roofed landing with benches half way up the hill, and many ...

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