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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A Ford automobile parked at the "The Frog," a filling station between Cambridge and Lake Ripley that also offered motorists ice cream, soda pop, and candy.... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The free tourist campground in Baraboo. Although similar free facilities were clustered in resort areas, by 1926 the Highway Commission engineer could rep... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Free public campground at Baraboo, one of 200 such facilities then made available to the traveling public by Wisconsin municipalities. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Automobiles parked outside the Poplar Tourist Court. |
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| Description: | Sign for Lost Canyon, with people standing near a car in the foreground. |
| Date: | 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Couple standing with dinosaur in Prehistoric Land, owned by Charles Van Wie. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Black Bart at Fort Dells, holding up the Sheriff. |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Nancy Waterman unsuccessfully pours milk for Harriet Anderson (whose name has since changed to Penny Hilley) at the Wonder Spot. |
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| Description: | Entrance to Enchanted Forest and Prehistoric Land. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Front of Dells Manor Motel, with parking lot and neon sign. |
| Date: | 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Six children ride an elephant in front of boat-shaped entrance to Story Book Land. |
| Date: | 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fairy Godmother with kids on Story Book Land train. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Exterior from road of Minirama at 115 Broadway. |
| Date: | 08 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Amphibious Duck on land with Board of Trade stone works. The stone gargoyles were salvaged from the Board of Trade building in Chicago by Newman. |
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| Description: | Village Blacksmith at work with horse in Pioneer Village. |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | Ashley Bennett II, age 46, son of original jumper, at Stand Rock. |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | Ashley Bennett II, leaping Stand Rock, age 46. |
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