Found: Let's Have a Picnic, Manitowoc, WI

Found: Let's Have a Picnic, Greetings - Manitowoc, Wis.
Published by Wyman Studio, Wausau, Wisconsin,
Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. San Francisco 1, Calif. Circa 1960s

Found: First tint of Autumn, Greetings - Appleton, Wis.
Kodachrome by Sid Lane. Published by Wyman Photo Center Wausau, Wis. Dextone.
Made Direct From Kodachrome and Ansco Color by Dexter Press,  Inc. West Nyack, NY. Circa 1960s.

These watery views could be anywhere in Wisconsin, though are given a location (Manitowoc or Appleton) via  a caption that reads like a poetic turn of phrase. There are few visual cues whether the bodies of water depicted are lakes or rivers in Central Wisconsin or Eastern Wisconsin. The captions suggest time. "Let's Have a Picnic" reads as a summery message to accompany an isolated maiden leaning against a birch tree, back to the scenic view, pondering an empty picnic table on a beautiful sunny day. The surface of the Mirro-Krome "photochrome" shows delicate crackles on its once perfect "high-gloss" varnished surface imparting an eerie quality. "First tint of Autmn" seems a melancholy text accompanying an unpeopled shore sprinkled with a few autumn leaves with a vast expanse of icy blue water ahead in the fading light of day. "Greetings."

Found: Woodland Splash, Crandon, WI

Found: Greetings from Crandon, Wisconsin. Woodland Splash.
Text on back reads: Who else but Mother Nature could blend so many colors into one such pretty picture.
Vactionland Scene. A Genuine Kodachrome Reproduction. Copyright 1955, The L.L. Cook Co.

Found: Greetings From Crandon, Wisconsin. Woodland Splash.
Hand-written in ballpoint pen on back:
"Hi: Hope you are pretty good, again. We ran away from everything to have a rest.
We are having fun inspite of the weather. Caught pan fish only so far.
We met some nice people to have some good card games with if nothing else.
Love, Bert and Bob Lestina." Postmarked August 25, 1956.

Before the decades long Crandon cooper mine debate between Native American tribes, environmentalists, Exxon, and the State of Wisconsin DNR; Crandon was a vacation retreat. Like this postcard message reads: "We ran away from everything to have a rest." Playing cards and catching panfish seems a peaceful land use far away from the proposals to build a massive mine with potential to contaminate land and water.

Found: Northernaire at Three Lakes, WI

Found: Northernaire at Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Kodachrome by Sid Lane published by
Wyman Photo Center, Wausau, Wis. Dextone. Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color by
 Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y., circa 1940s

Found: Village Hall, Ephraim, Wisconsin. A View of Ephraim's picturesque village hall
with its quaint Norwegian archiecture, showing Wlson's Restaurant and Gift Shop in the background
located 27 miles North of Sturgeon Bay, on Highway 42 by the L.L. Cook Co.,
A Genuine Kodachrome Reproduction © 1952.

Found: Beach and Camping Area. Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Photo and published by
G.R. Brown Co. Rt. 5, Eau Claire, WI circa 1970s.

Found: Beautiful Color Lighted Fountain at Valley Motel. Highways 41 and 29, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Charm, Comfort, Courtesy. 56 De Luxe New Units, Dining Room, T.V., RADIO, MUSIC.
In Every Room by Lefebvre Photos Green Bay, circa 1960s.

Found: Lake Park Pavillion, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 
 by E. C. Kropp Co. Milwaukee, circa 1920s.