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The Buckhorn
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Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-tailed snowsnake, a dingbat and a fur herring. Originally the Buckhorn was a billiard parlor.
1925
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The Friendly Buckhorn
1950
Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Rice L...
The Friendly Buckhorn
1950
Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Rice L...
The Friendly Buckhorn
1950
Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Ri...
View on Rice Lake
March 20, 1909
Text on front reads: "View on Rice Lake, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Publ. by F.E. Robinson, Rice Lake, Wis." Houses and boathouses on the shore of Rice Lake through the trees.
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...
Rice Lake
1950
Text on front reads: "Rice Lake, Wis." On back: "Red Maple on Lake." Autumn view of gold leaves on Birch trees and red leaves on Maple trees reflecting in the water. There is a pier on the shoreline.
