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Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: View from below of Walmar Lodge. A hammock is in the foreground.
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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People Relaxing Outdoors

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Description: View of a group of individuals relaxing outdoors. Several men and women read, while others sit on the ground or in a hammock.
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Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1927
Description: A man and woman sit on a bench outside a cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. A chair, hammock, lawn swing and table are on the lawn.
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Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor scene at the Dells Farm Resort. Five people pose while seated on lawn furniture outside the cabin. Another woman poses as she is about to hit a cro...
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Camping Scene

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Description: Exterior view of four women and one man displaying a stringer of fish hanging on a bicycle.
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Main Lawn at Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View across lawn of a group of women and one man. The guests of the hotel are relaxing under the trees on the lawn of the resort. A man and a woman are hol...
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Tom Van Schaick on a Hammock

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a European American man posing sitting on a hammock with a body of water in the background. Man identified as Tom Van Schaick.
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Ravenswood Hotel Grounds

Date: 1927
Description: View down slope of hill towards the side of the Ravenswood Hotel among the pines. There is a porch and balcony along the side and front of the hotel, and h...
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Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Exterior view of a small one-story wooden cottage with a front porch located on the land owned by Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. The cottag...
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Residence of Oderbolz, Pauquette and Bowman Families

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Description: View across street towards two individuals posing sitting on the porch of a house. The house is identified as the residence of the Oderbolz, Pauquette, and...
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Cottage at Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1926
Description: Small cottage with guests sitting in the yard. A young boy sits in a hammock. Two other boys sit on a lawn swing. The leg of another person is on the left ...
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Summer Relaxation

Date: 1901
Description: Aunt Helen lounging on a hammock slung between two trees. Her son, Syl, is sitting nearby on a cane rocking chair.
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Parson House

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Description: View from sidewalk of a man and three women posed standing on the porch of a frame house among many potted plants. Probably the residence of the Parson fam...
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Soldier with Muddy Boots Reading TIME Magazine

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across...
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John Mills and Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family. There is a man posing standing by a hammock in which a woman and infant are sitting. In the backgroun...
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Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1927
Description: View across road of a large cottage with a front porch on the right, with two people sitting in a lawn chair in front. Down the hill on the left behind tre...
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Kriegl Farm Resort — Highway 13

Date: 1926
Description: View of the main house at Kriegl Farm Resort. There is a family of five posed on the lawn. A hammock is tied to the trees on the right. More people stand o...
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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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R.P. Rainey Residence at 6th and Pierce Streets

Date: 1909
Description: View across unpaved street towards a two-story wooden house with a wrap-around porch and three entrances. A woman is sitting on the porch, and another woma...

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