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Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
Photograph

Penitentiary

Date: 1921
Description: View across river toward the exterior of the prison, with the central tower and wings. A boat sits at the dock on the far shoreline, and a large smokestack...
Photograph

Painting of a Pilgrim Voyage

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Description: View of a painting depicting the pilgrim voyage from England in 1620. A large ship containing many passengers sails out of the English harbor. People in ...
Photograph

Smith's Hotel

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Description: A bridge leads across a body of water to the three-story Smith's (Resort) Hotel. Several people stand on the building's wrap-around porch and the roof feat...
Photograph

Gibson's Grove on Lake Buell

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Description: A man and woman sit in front of a cabin in Gibson's Grove on Lake Buell. Multiple benches and chairs stand on the lawn looking over the water.
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1944
Description: Holiday card with a nautical theme. An open porthole is centered inside a border made of rope with knots in the corners. An anchor is tied to the rope end....
Photograph

Coolidge Point and Kettle Island

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Description: View of Kettle Island as seen from Coolidge Point. A residence stands among trees on Coolidge Point.
Photograph

Elevated Town View

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Description: Elevated view of a town located along a hilly shoreline.
Photograph

Harbor Dock

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Description: Fishing boats dock in a harbor surrounded by homes.
Photograph

Spring Park

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Description: View of a man in a horse-drawn carriage and a another in a boat before Spring Park, a large residence at the top of a hill. Published by Louis Durr & Son...
Photograph

Lake Kegonsa from Amundson's Store

Date: 1929
Description: A view across water of Lake Kegonsa's shoreline with cottages, docks and trees. A boy is in a rowboat near a boathouse in the foreground.
Photograph

Houseboat

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Description: Flat boat or barge with a two-story wooden structure on it docked at a shoreline. Bluffs are in the background.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 7-11

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Description: I had to know the point to which the path was tracked
and when the definition would cease to be my own
Print

Tonga Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and partial menu listing with drinks overleaf. Front cover has a porthole view of pairs of men in three boats with mountains and palm trees in ...
Photograph

Life Saving Station on Lake Mendota

Date: 10 08 2014
Description: View from walkway on a sunny day towards the side of the Life Saving Station on the shoreline of Lake Mendota. There is someone standing inside the window ...
Photograph

Boathouse with Elevator and Flying an American Flag

Date: 10 1960
Description: A two-story, vertical log boathouse on Lake Namakagon. The second floor has a wrap-around deck, and both floors have windows with green striped awnings. A ...

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