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The Pine Resort

Date: 1939
Description: View from pier across water towards the Pine Resort, which is a three-story building with screened-in porches on the shore of Egg Harbor. Street lamps line...
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The Clearing

Date: 1968
Description: Color view of The Clearing, a folk art school in Ellison Bay. A stone building and a log building are under a grove of trees.
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Fire House

Date: 1938
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of the Ephraim Fire House, which is a stone building with stone turrets and walls. Caption reads: "Fire House, E...
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Moravian Church

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Description: Color postcard of the Moravian Church, established 1853. It is a large, white wooden building with a steeple over the entrance.
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Home 8, Scandinavian Peasant Craft Shop

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Description: Hand-colored black and white photographic postcard with an elevated view of the three-story log structure and attached buildings with shrubs in the yard, a...
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America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage: Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette sculptures enclosed in a stone structure. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place ...
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The Entrance, Leading Up the Hill

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the stone arch marking the entrance to the Stations of the Cross at Holy Hill. A crowd of pilgrims are standing underneath. C...
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Ruins Old Mill

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Description: View of what's left of the ruins of a mill, with concrete arches over the water, and a stone wall. Caption reads: "Ruins Old Mill, Monterey, Janesville, Wi...
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Petrifying Springs Clubhouse

Date: 1964
Description: View of the entrance drive to the Petrifying Springs Clubhouse.
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W.W. Cargill Residence

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Description: View across intersection towards the home of W.W. Cargill, founder of Cargill, a grain company. There is a low, stone wall, and columns flanking the proper...
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Residence of Henry Gund

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Description: View across intersection towards the home of Henry Gund, founder of Gund Brewing. There is a low brick and stone wall, and columns flanking the property al...
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E.F. Swift Home

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Description: View of a large private home. Caption reads: "E.F. Swift, Geneva Lake, Wis."
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St. Mary's Parish

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Description: Night view of St. Mary's Church, showing the tower and front of the church. Streetlights and floodlights around the church illuminate the facade. The rear ...
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Library Steps and Lower Campus

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Description: View of the steps of the Langdon Street entrance to the Historical Society building. The armory (red gym) is across the street in the background. Caption r...
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Stone Bridge and Prairie River

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Description: View along shoreline towards the stone bridge with three arches over the Prairie River. There is a stone wall along the opposite shoreline near the bridge....
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Republican House Restaurant

Date: 1939
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Stately Republican House Restaurant...at Ripon, Wisconsin, where in 1954, the Republican Party was Born in the 'little White School...
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St. Jude's Chapel

Date: 1963
Description: Text on back reads: "Log Chapel dedicated to St. Jude, Apostle, at the terminus of a bridge from which a wayside shrine and World War-I Memorial is viewed....
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Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A garden with flowers, rocks, shrubs and paths. A rock shrine with a statue of...
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Grotto Shrine and Builder

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Main View and Builder, Rev. P.J. Wagner, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A rock and flower shrine with a statue of Jesus in a nic...
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Lily Pond and Surroundings

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Lily Pond and Surroundings, St. Philip School, Rudolph, Wis." An elaborate structure of rocks surrounded by a lily pond. Through an o...

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