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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp

Date: 1906
Description: Lumber crew posed in front of a building at Ole Emerson's lumber camp.
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Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
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Gifford's Home on East Lake

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Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Property

Date: 1904
Description: Winter scene with lumber workers hauling a large log with horses.
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The Court

Date: 1935
Description: View from above of spectators watching men play doubles tennis at a downtown tennis court. There is a water tower in the background.
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Lakewood Country Club

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with people sledding, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and preparing for snowshoeing at Lakewood Country Club.
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Lumberjacks in the Bunkhouse

Date: 1904
Description: Lumberjacks posing together in a bunkhouse at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. There are lanterns hanging from the ceiling. Two of the men are holding fiddles (v...
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Chalet at Mt. Telemark

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Description: Color postcard of the Chalet at Mt. Telemark. Skiers and skis are in front of the Chalet.
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Vacation Paradise

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Description: Color postcard of a view of a lake from a shoreline. A power boat and a fishing boat can be seen through the trees. "Cable, Wisc." is printed in red on the...
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The Lodge at Telemark

Date: 09 02 1975
Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Lodge at Telemark showing one of the largest stone fireplaces in the world. It is constructed out of 155 tons of nati...
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Tourist Park

Date: 1937
Description: Three young children standing outside of a picnic shelter at Tourist Park with a picnic table and automobile.
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Meskans on East Lake

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of a woman wearing a bathing suit sitting on the dock in front of a cabin. Five people stand on the porch of the cabin looking out over the...
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Everyone Is Friendly at Trapper's Lake Inn

Date: 1948
Description: Barefoot boy sitting on a bar and feeding a fawn with a bottle. There is a Schlitz sign on the wall behind the bar and a handwritten sign listing Pabst, Sc...
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Cooper Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ...
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W.A. Dennis Point Cottage

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of four people in a canoe on Cable Lake, with the W.A. Dennis Point Cottage and pine trees visible on the opposite shoreline.
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Lakewoods Resort Diving Platform on Namakagon Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of men and children swimming around and diving off of a diving platform at Lakewoods Resort on Namakagon Lake. In the distance is the far...
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Man at Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cabins

Date: 1934
Description: View of a man sitting on a wooden bench in front of small pine trees and a single-story log cabin with brick chimney.
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Crawford Livingston, Jr.

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Crawford Livingston Jr., a railroad man who lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. Crawford Livingston purchased the land and built...
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Mary Griggs Burke

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Description: Mary Griggs Burke as a young woman, sitting outdoors at Forest Lodge smiling and holding a dachshund dog.

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