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Tourist Park
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A cylinder-shaped cement building with an open door in a rural area. In front of the building is a picnic table, and on the right an automobile is parked nearby. Near the doorway is a pipe with water running into a concrete basin. The words "spring-water" are on the wall above it.
1927
Gillett, Sherwin
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Picnic Grounds in Olin Park
1927
Picnic area of Olin Park, where a woman reads a newspaper on a park bench.
Cottages at Effinger Park
1930
Row of cabins in Effinger Park. Each has a screened back porch. Picnic tables, sling-back chairs, and a parked car are under the trees on the lawn.
Free Tourist Park
1925
The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds.
Picnic Grounds at Black Bridge Boat Livery
1926
A group of women and children sit at a picnic table at the Black Bridge Boat Livery off Highway 12. Behind them is a building with a screened porch facing the water. A car is parked nearby, and a d...
Bridge and Water Tower
1927
View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near factory buildings.
An Old Landmark — Effinger Park
1930
Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the front yard.
