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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: | View across water towards the Mayor's summer home as seen from across Pine Lake. Children and adults are standing in front of the two-story dwelling. To th... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Large vacation homes in La Pointe, Madeline Island. Bayfield is in the background on the far shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | In-ground swimming pool behind large two-story cedar shake-sided house on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Lakeside view from pier of large two-story house and grounds on Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Two-story house with an enclosed front porch, built in 1929 on the northwest shore of Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View from lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a woman standing on lawn of the Woods mansion on Nebraska Row. Bayfield is visible on the opposite mainland shore of Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking down over the lawn and wood shingle lakeshore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the distance is Lake Sup... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the two-story, wood shingle, lake shore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a swimming pool surround... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a lake. Rocks and trees are on the left. On the far shoreline is a cottage or lodge. Text in upper left corner reads: "Scene On Lake,... |
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| Description: | A brochure and map of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, which includes color illustrations, a highway map of the county, a location map, and descriptions of poi... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The house at Black Point, identifiable by its tower, stands above the frozen waters of Geneva Lake. Light snow covers the ground. There is a dog on the ice... |
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