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Wisconsin Dells Advertisement

Date: 1928
Description: "The Dells," a brochure issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Pacific Railroad to advertise the Wisconsin Dells, a destination only five hours fr...
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Imperial Hotel Luggage Tag

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Description: Luggage tag from the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. The hotel was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The luggage tag is part of an album of images of the hot...
Postcard

Poplar Tourist Cabins

Date: 1940
Description: Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court.
Photograph

Donkey Train in Glacier National Park

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Description: Elevated view of a donkey train going up a zig-zag trail along the mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Photograph

The "Guardian" Chinese Tour

Date: 04 1974
Description: Supporters of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper, visiting the birthplace of Mao Tse Tung.
Photograph

Tourist Cars

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Description: View toward a line of tourist cars driving through a narrow road in Rainier National Park. There are redwood trees on either side of the path. Caption read...
Photograph

Charter House Hotel

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Description: View across road toward the Charter House Hotel. A driver is sitting in an early touring automobile in front, and other people are standing nearby.
Photograph

Border Lake Outfitters

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Description: Border Lakes Outfitting Company, Sigurd Olson's summer business that provided guides and equipment for wilderness vacations.
Photograph

Cable Car Over Niagara Falls

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Description: Passengers aboard a cable car prepare for their trip over Niagara Falls.
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Cable Car Over Niagara Falls

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Description: Passengers aboard a cable car begin their trip across Niagara Falls.
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Cable Car Over Niagara Falls

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Description: Distant view of passengers aboard a cable car traveling over Niagara Falls.
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Hunting & Fishing Paradise

Date: 1935
Description: This pictorial map of northern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, shows the Chequamegon National Forest, the Red Cliff Indian Reservation, highways and roads, and...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o'Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This mid-20th century tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads,...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o' Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: This tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, from 1967 includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads, railro...
Book or Pamphlet

Knott's Berry Place Tea Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and menu pages from Knott's Berry Place, with multi-colored boysenberries suspended over rows of plants in the fields, and parked cars lined up...
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Wisconsin — Home of the 1928 Summer White House

Date: 1928
Description: Stamp for Wisconsin created during or after President Calvin Coolidge's 1928 summer visit to Wisconsin. President Coolidge spent the summer fishing on the ...
Postcard

North Side Landing, Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the North Side Landing. There is a covered tour boat at the edge of the lake and passengers on board. At the shoreline is a cabin...
Photograph

Parked Cars

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Description: A night view of automobiles in the parking lot at the Stand Rock Amphitheater, where the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial is performed.
Photograph

Sightseeing by Excursion Boat

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Description: View across water towards people in an excursion boat on a river passing rocky and hilly shoreline covered with trees and plants. There is a man in another...
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Stagecoach at Fort Dells

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four horses pulling a stagecoach through a puddle on a dirt road. A group of children and adults are sitting on top of the stagec...

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