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Cottage Interior

Date: 1898
Description: An interior view of U.S. Marshall Canon's summer cottage. Behind a table, a wall is decorated from floor to ceiling with photographs and other artwork, as ...
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Syl with Sword and American Flag

Date: 1902
Description: Syl standing on lawn with a sword in his right hand and an American flag raised in his left. Cabins are visible in the background on the right, as well as ...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the side of the Cottage and its corner tower. Part of the covered walkway is on the right. Women, men, and children are walking the...
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Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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H.L. Gary Summer Home

Date: 1940
Description: Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island.
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Boat at Dock at Pine Crest Lodge

Date: 1941
Description: View of a wooden boat named the "Tip Top" tied to a dock on a lake at Pine Crest Lodge. In the background the opposite shoreline across the lake is visible...
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Bartholomay House

Date: 1975
Description: A front view of the "cottage" built on the Black Point Estate in 1905 by Catherine Orb Seipp, the widow of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp who had built their ...
Postcard

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

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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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Summer Home of J.P. Salzer "Eagle Bluff"

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Description: View uphill towards a summer home with a large screened-in porch and stairs leading up to the entrance. Halfway up the stairs is a roofed area over benches...
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New House

Date: 1925
Description: Four children posing in the yard of a new, two-story shingle style house belonging to Herbert Paul and Margaret Bouer Brumder. Near a hand pump, center, Ba...

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