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Summer Homes on Madeline Island

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of Woods' Manor on shores of Madeline Island. The manor was built in 1900 for summer resident Colonel Frederick Woods from Nebraska.
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Syl and Aunt Helen at Wild Rose Cottage

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and aunt Helen at Wild Rose cottage. Syl leans over the railing of the porch while Helen reclines in a hammock reading a book.
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Aerial View of Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Nebraska Row on the lakeshore of the west side of La Pointe, showing houses, roads and piers. Nebraska Row was started in 1899 when summer r...
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Living Room at Black Point

Date: 1942
Description: A view of a corner of the living room at Black Point provides a glimpse into the music room, at left, and the front hall, right. In the living room is a bo...
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Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 
Description: A presidential political campaign postcard with an aerial view of Rancho Del Cielo, or "The Western White House." In the upper left corner is a head and sh...
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Fireplace at Island Lodge

Date: 1901
Description: View of the big fireplace ablaze at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake, with screen and andirons. There are various handmade wooden objects on the mantel. On t...
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Jeannette Holt Reading on the New Porch Addition at Island Lodge

Date: 1911
Description: Seen in profile, Jeannette Holt is sitting in a rocking chair and reading a book, on the new porch addition to Island Lodge. A table with tablecloth and ch...
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Anna Holt Wheeler and Guests on the Porch at the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the porch of the Ark cottage in the daytime. Looking at the camera, a young woman, possibly Rose or Agnes Wilson, is sitting i...
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William Pettigrew Reading on the Ark Cottage Porch

Date: 1912
Description: William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four beginning in 1885, is reading a hard cover book on the porch of the Ark cottage while sitting on a striped ...
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I.P. Rumsey Reading in the Hammock at Island Lodge

Date: 08 20 1913
Description: I.P. Rumsey is reading a book while lying in the hammock on the porch at Island Lodge. A pillow is tucked under his head. He is dressed in a long sleeved s...
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Living Room

Date: 1925
Description: Two upholstered wicker chairs are flanking a matching table in the northwest corner of the living room of Henriette (Mrs. George) Brumder's summer home at ...
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Reading

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara and Herbert E. Brumder sitting and reading on a rustic bench on a flagstone patio at their summer house on Pine lake. A dog is sleeping under the b...
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Eighteenth Birthday

Date: 06 30 1935
Description: Herbert Edmund Brumder standing with his sister Barbara, center, and mother, Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder near the dining table on the screened...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...

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