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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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Gifford's Home on East Lake

Date: 
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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The Lakewoods Lounge

Date: 1949
Description: The lounge at the Lakewoods on Lake Namakagon, which includes a fireplace, furniture, large picture window, and a mounted deer head on the wall. Caption re...
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Aerial View of Cable

Date: 1936
Description: Aerial view of Cable, in northern Wisconsin. Text at foot reads: "Airplane View of Cable, Wis. 244."
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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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Community House

Date: 1936
Description: Community room of the Library and Community Center.
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The Irvington Company

Date: 1935
Description: View across field of four dwellings and a two-car garage located amongst very large pine trees. There are newly planted deciduous trees and hedges.
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George Dennis Cottage

Date: 1935
Description: View across driveway of one-and-a-half story house with a stone chimney situated under large pine trees and new plantings. Cable Lake is in the background.
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Lee Cottage

Date: 1936
Description: View down hill of two-story house on the shore of Cable Lake.
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Lee Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of a two-story cottage on shore of Cable Lake.
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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...
Postcard

High and Grade School

Date: 
Description: Tinted photographic postcard of Cable's High and Grade School building. A flag flies on the right, and a group of children are looking out of a second stor...
Postcard

The Lakewoods Family Resort

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of the Lakewoods Family Resort on Lake Namekagon. All modern housekeeping cottages with an indoor heated swimming pool.
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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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Interior of Cabin

Date: 1937
Description: Interior of a cabin showing a doorway, log stairway, the loft and a dresser or sideboard.
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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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Lobby at Castle Garden Resort

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of part of the lobby at Castle Garden Resort on Lake Namakagon. A large stone fireplace is on the left with elegant chairs on the right. The ...
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Interior of Dining Room, Castle Garden Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of part of the main dining room at the Castle Garden Resort on Lake Namakagon. The walls, columns and beams are logs. A large stone fireplace...
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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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