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Road and Houses

Date: 1918
Description: View of a road and houses. Caption reads: "Big Bend, Wis."
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Spring Bank Monastery

Date: 1940
Description: Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station...
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Solomon Log Cabin Replica

Date: 1955
Description: View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right.
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Lover's Lane on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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Description: Located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the lane is a dirt path surrounded by trees.
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Old Indian Trail Marker, Top of Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of an old Indian trail marker, a twisted tree, as seen on top of Blue Mounds. Text below reads: "'Old Indian Trail Marker' Top of Blu...
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Boy and Girl Walking

Date: 1930
Description: A boy and girl walk down a path. She has her hand on his shoulder, and is wearing a dress and hat carrying a sack. He is dressed in shirt, knickers, stocki...
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View in Tenney Park

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Description: View along shoreline towards three people relaxing on the bank of the Tenney Park lagoon. A man is standing near two women who are wearing long dresses and...
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Alfred L. Boerner Botanical Garden

Date: 1958
Description: Irises along a path in Whitnall Park. Text on reverse reads: "Over 400 varieties of iris grow in the perennial borders. Thousands of blooms can be seen ...
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Greetings From Crandon, Wis.

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Description: View up path in the snow towards a red cabin among birch trees. In the background are pine trees, and a hill in the far background. Title on back reads: "S...
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Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest

Date: 1909
Description: View up a dirt path leading through a pine forest. Caption reads: "Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest, Near Hazelhurst, Wis."
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Lake Front Cabins — College Camp, Wisconsin — on Lake Geneva

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Description: View of two cabins near the lake, which is in the background below the hill. The cabins have flat roofs and wood siding. Caption reads: "Lake Front Cabins ...
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Picnic Point, Lake Mendota

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Description: Sepia-toned photographic postcard view looking out towards the Picnic Point Peninsula jutting out into Lake Mendota. A walking path is on the left Caption ...
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Olin-Turville Park 1991

Date: 1991
Description: View of a wooded walking path. Caption reads: "Olin-Turville Park 1991, Madison, Wis." Text on reverse reads: "This area of Olin-Turville Park would be des...
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Old Faithful Spring, Prentice Park, Ashland, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: A child is holding out a bowl to a pillar from which water is cascading down into a spring. In the background, two other children are walking up a dirt pat...
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Ladies Picking Cherry Blossoms

Date: 1910
Description: Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si...
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Maple Avenue

Date: 10 28 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Maple Ave., Sawyer, Wis." A view of an unpaved street with a church and other buildings on the right. On the left is a path, fence an...
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Murmuring Waters Resort

Date: 07 04 1951
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the...
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John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort

Date: 08 05 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuch's Donges Bay Resort." A man stands on a trail, gazing over shrubs at a bay on Lake Michigan. The shoreline is surrounded ...
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Hog's Back

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Hog's Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hog's Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A man...
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Cold Water Canyon

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "In Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin." Steps and a path next to a stream in Cold Water Canyon. The scene is fully wooded and ...

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