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Play "26" Gambling Sign

Date: 06 14 1942
Description: A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells.
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 1942
Description: Three illegal gambling machines (slot) in the Lone Oak Inn, on Highway 12, north of Elkhorn.
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Silver Street in Hurley by Daylight

Date: 1942
Description: View up Silver Street in Hurley.
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Silver Street in Hurley at Night

Date: 08 02 1942
Description: Elevated view of Silver Street in Hurley at 4:30 a.m., Sunday morning, showing busy street and all establishment's lights blazing. After the sweeping raid ...
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Town View and Castle Rock

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Description: View featuring stores and dwellings built into hillsides. Castle Rock appears on the right side of a road. Opposite the landform, the Castle Rock Lodging...
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First Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of First Avenue, the main street in town. The area is home to the O.K. Lodging House, Denver Bar, and other restaurants and stores. Published...
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Dorset Inn

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Description: View of Dorset Inn, established in 1796, and its flagstone cottage walk.
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Tween Waters Inn

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Description: View of the front of Tween Waters Inn, built in 1931.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The parlor features a fireplace, beamed ceiling, and paintings.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The Old Bar Room features a wooden bar counter, a fireplace with a hunting rifle above, an...
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The Old Kitchen features a large fireplace, wood paneled walls, beamed ceiling, and a long...
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The bedroom features a fireplace, rocking chair, and an elaborately decorated bed.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The bedroom features an imposing fireplace and an intricate canopy on the bed.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The Thomas W. Parsons Room features a canopy bed and a fireplace.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The Lafayette Room features wallpaper and carved bed posts.
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Longfellow's Wayside Inn

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Description: Interior view of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, which opened in 1716. The spacious Longfellow Room features an elaborate bed and ornate floor rugs.
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Rural Tavern

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Description: Eight men standing outside a corner tavern. The men are standing on a plank sidewalk with a dog. The is a Blatz Beer sign hanging outside the door.
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White Rock Tavern

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Description: Exterior view of the White Rock Tavern. A large dog is laying in the shade of the building entrance. A large neon sign hangs from the front of the building...
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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...

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