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Young Boys in Boat

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Description: Two boys, probably brothers, using a small boat with outboard motor.
Postcard

Camp Milo on White Sand Lake

Date: 07 02 1925
Description: Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Camp Milo on White Sand Lake. On it are photographs of the cabins, tents, lake, and boats on the shore.
Postcard

White Sand Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard from hill of White Sand Lake seen through trees. A raft with a diving platform is near the shoreline. Caption reads: "White Sand Lake...
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
Postcard

Boat House: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake

Date: 1911
Description: View along shoreline towards the new boat house constructed of Norway pine logs at Trout Lake. It is part of the forest ranger complex. Caption reads: "Boa...
Postcard

East Shore Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: View across water of the east shore of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore. Trout Lake, Vilas Co. Wis."
Postcard

First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.

The marker text reads:

"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI...

Photograph

Trout Lake

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Description: Panoramic view across water towards the Trout Lake shoreline. There are two men in a boat in the water in the foreground. There is a boathouse on the shore...
Photograph

Group of Men with Seaplane

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Description: View from shoreline towards a group of men sitting and standing on a seaplane pulled up to the shoreline. The pilot is standing in the cockpit. List of na...
Postcard

Boat House

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Description: View along shoreline toward a boathouse. Caption on print reads: "Boat House: Wis. State Forest Reserve. Trout Lake."
Postcard

Four Scenes on Postcard

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Description: Four scenes of Trout Lake. The top left shows a man surveying on the shoreline of a lake. Handwritten text reads: "PA. MacDonald, Trout Lake 1910." The top...
Photograph

Ice Push

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "Showing evidence of 'ice push,' or the piling up of lake shore sand as a result of the expansion of the...
Photograph

Ice Push

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "Showing evidence of 'ice push,' or the piling up of lake shore sand as a result of the expansion of the...
Photograph

Trout Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Trout Lake. There is a thin, sandy beach, and trees all along the curved shoreline.
Photograph

Bacteriology Laboratory

Date: 1935
Description: View looking down slope towards the Bacteriology Laboratory on the shore of Trout Lake. Trees are around the small, wood sided building, and the lake is in...
Photograph

Dr. Birge at Trout Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Dr. Birge sitting in a boat, probably at Trout Lake. The outboard motor on the boat has been tilted out of the water. A wooded shoreline is in the distance...

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