This gallery offers a closer look at some of the state’s grandest hotels and resorts built between the 1870s and the 1940s. Some, like Oakton Springs in Pewaukee, have long since vanished; others, like the Northernaire of Three Lakes and Milwaukee’s Pfister, continue to serve visitors from around the country.
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Sources
The materials in this slideshow come from the following digital collections. Click the links to browse the full collections.
- Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
- Main Street, Oshkosh and Oshkosh Businesses Collection, Oshkosh Public Library
- Milwaukee Historic Photos, Milwaukee Public Library
- Three Lakes Historical Society
- Waukesha County History 1870-1920, Waukesha Public Library and Waukesha County Historical Society. Part of the State of Wisconsin Collection from University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database, Wisconsin Historical Society
