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Bathing Beach
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Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an elaborate diving board and platform on the right. The opposite shore can be seen on the horizon.
1915
E.C. Kropp Co.
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Greetings from Rice Lake
July 6, 1908
Text on front reads: "Greetings from Rice Lake Wis." and "E.C. Kropp, Pub. Milwaukee." Sunset over Rice Lake with a dramatic sky and clouds. The sun is reflecting on the water and trees frame the v...
Greetings from Rice Lake
June 23, 1938
Text on front reads: "Greetings from Rice Lake Wis." printed over red text that reads: "Copyright 1927, E.C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, Wis." The view of Rice Lake is framed by birch bark with the c...
Sockness Park
1943
Text on front reads: "Sockness Park, Rice Lake, Wis." A dirt road runs towards the lake, then curves to the left along the shoreline. Cottages, boathouses and homes line the shore in the distance. ...
Thoma's Bathing Beach, Little Cedar Lake
circa 1910-1919
Photographic postcard view of people swimming and standing in the lake. People are out in boats in the background. Caption reads: "Thoma's Bathing Beach, Little Cedar Lake, Wis."
Bathing Beach, Near Tourist Camping Site, Devil's Lake State Park
July 7, 1928
Colorized postcard of the bathing beach near the tourist camping site in Devil's Lake State Park. A diving tower is on the right with a woman diving from the top. Several other people are climbing ...
A Birch Bark Indian Home
1938
Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wigwam. Trees are in the background.
