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| Description: | Devil's Lake vicinity. View of the Cliff House courtyard and croquet court. Three men and one woman are playing croquet. Two women are on the second floor ... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Courtyard at Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. The house has a stone first floor, a balcony on ea... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Cliff House, a resort hotel built shortly after 1872 when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Three-story frame house with balcony on each floor. There is a ... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | View west from the Cliff House at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl... |
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| Description: | View of the Cliff House, a resort near Devil's Lake. Caption on stereograph reads: "Devil's Lake and Vicinity. Views of the Cliff House, from the beach." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A copy of an original photograph by H.H. Bennett of the Cliff House Inn at Devil's Lake as seen from the beach. Abraham Lincoln is reported to have slept h... |
| Date: | 05 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Small valley, full of saplings that are starting to produce leaves. In the foreground is a utility pole with wires. |
| Date: | 08 30 1964 |
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| Description: | A power line is juxtaposed against a group of trees growing on a small ridge in the distance. |
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| Description: | View of Chicago, Northwestern Railroad set of two railroad tracks at Devil's Lake, chartered in 1859. To the right, power lines run the length of the Devil... |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a train trip to Devil's Lake. The trip originates in Elgin, Illinios, with pick-ups in East Elgin, Dundee, Carpenterville and Algonquin. ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The famous Dells of the Wisconsin River. A souvenir map embellished with bits of history and points of interest. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the Chateau in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees, shrubs, flowers and grass surround the building. An American flag flies in front and a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. There is an information center offering gas, food, and Blatz beer. Two storekeepers and a boy sit on the p... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a row of cabins at the Panoramic Resort. There are two cars parked on the left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of two-seat lawn swings amid trees on a lawn. Cabins are along a hill in the background. There is an information center on the far left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An information station advertising: free camping, with hot sandwiches and coffee, and tents and cots for sale. On a utility line pole, there are signs for ... |
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| Description: | View looking out at beach scene at Devil's Lake. There are benches on the shore where vacationers observe the swimmers. Two wooden structures have ladders ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake. |
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