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Bearskin

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pakonen, Iron Mountain, Mich., shown with [sic] in their cottage yard with the skin of a bear Pakonen and anot...
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Mrs. Pakonen with Bear Paws

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Caption with negative: "Mrs. Pakonen holding the font[sic] paw of the bear, which weighed about 400 pounds. Pakonen said its hide was nice[sic]. It's again...
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Joe Puhl and his Cottage

Date: 08 02 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Joe Puhl of Rice Lake, Wis., and several colonist neighbors banded together to build their own cottages. They finished Puhl's firs...

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