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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Rocky Roost, a vacation home west of Governor's Island, in Lake Mendota. Frank Lloyd Wright served as the architect in the remodeling (in 1901 and 1903) of... |
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| Description: | A view of people in row boats, posing for the camera. A man stands at the diving platform and slide. To the right, in a cordoned-off section, are swimmers.... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two couples walking on a trail. A lake is is the background, along with log cabins. A canoe with three people is in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a beach and houses that line the shore. People sit on the beach, and a woman in the foreground wades in the water. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline toward people relaxing on a beach lined with vacation houses. Groups of men and women are standing or sitting, some wearing street clo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A row of two-story cottages line a beach. To the right, two children are playing in and around a hammock hanging on a porch. |
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| Description: | Two children pose for a portrait while standing along a shoreline next to a row of cottages. Several rowboats are pulled ashore, and people are on the cott... |
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| Description: | A view of a row of wooden vacation homes bordering a wooded area. In the foreground a woman sits on her front porch and looks toward the camera. Others peo... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A young Aldo Leopold posing proudly with his bamboo fishing pole, stringer of perch and a dog. The family was on vacation in the Cheneaux Islands, near Mac... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | W.A. Holt is showing off the perch he caught. Names from left to right are: Lucy Holt, Minnie May Rumsey, I.P. Rumsey, W.A. Holt and Bertha {unknown}. Capt... |
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