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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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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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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 on Cable Lake

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

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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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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Wooden Boats on Shore and Log Cabin

Date: 1938
Description: View from shoreline of two wooden boats tied up on the shoreline of Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cottages on Lake Namakagon. On shore is a log cabin, a log...
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Airplane View of Cable

Date: 1932
Description: Aerial view of town.
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The Bobynn Gateway, Lake Namakagon

Date: 1932
Description: View of Gateway to Bobynn on Lake Namakagon, labeled as Cable and Grand View, Wisconsin. In front is a dirt road with two signs that read "The Bobynn." Beh...
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Community Building

Date: 1930
Description: View from the dirt road of front of a one-story log building with a brick chimney. In the foreground are a chain link fence, gate, and shrubs. This buildin...
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Lakewoods Country Club

Date: 1933
Description: View looking down tree-lined road and birch log fence. The road is along a shoreline and leads to the Lakewoods Country Club. Three buildings are along a l...
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Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cottage's on Lake Namakagon

Date: 1934
Description: View from water towards shoreline of two boats at Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cottages on Lake Namakagon tied up in front of two log cabins. A deer (not kn...
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Theodore W. Griggs and Daughter Mary

Date: 1935
Description: Mary Griggs and her father Theodore W. Griggs are standing next to a four-door automobile parked outside the main lodge at Forest Lodge. Mary's mother, Mar...
Drawing

Men's Quarters, Garage, and Stable

Date: 1924
Description: Architectural drawing of what became known as The Cow Palace at Forest Lodge.
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Boardwalk and Birch-lined Steps to the Main Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: Boardwalk leading to wood steps lined with young birch trees that leads uphill to the main lodge side door. Grasses, shrubs and evergreen trees grow on eit...

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