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The Blue Heron

Date: 1950
Description: Interior shot of the tap room at the Blue Heron on County Truck "B" near Chippewa flowage.
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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Dow's Store and Texaco Station

Date: 1946
Description: Two men pose outside Dow's store and filling station on Highway 77.
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Hayward Indian School

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Hayward Indian School, including the boys' building, chapel and schoolrooms, and the girls' building.
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Ross' Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: Cars parked at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge.
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Virginia Hess with Muskie

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Hess posing with a muskellunge near the fish scale at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Virginia Hess was a member of the Hess Oil Co. family, was from Chicag...
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Cottage Baking Company Truck with Metro Body

Date: 1950
Description: A man drives an International LM-122 truck owned by the Cottage Baking Company past several houses on a residential street. The text on the truck reads: "H...
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Parts Counter at IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Two men stand behind a parts counter at the Arthur C. Day Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A sign above the counter reads: "Intern...
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Arthur C. Day Implement Co. Storefront

Date: 1944
Description: View from street of a car parked in front of the Arthur C. Day Implement Co. storefront. The Arthur C. Day Implement Co. was an International Harvester dea...
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Jules Lake Chippewa Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: View from yard of a single story house with enclosed front porch. In the foreground is an outdoor umbrella over two chairs and a small table.
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Couderay Cozy Cabins

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of northern Wisconsin cabin in the woods with boat docks along the rip-rapped shore.
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Lake View of Couderay Cozy Cabins

Date: 1935
Description: View from lake of cabins in northern Wisconsin forest, with boat docks along the shoreline.
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Moccasin Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Stone retaining wall along a road leading to a northern Wisconsin resort property on Lac Court Oreilles Lake. A pavilion and buildings border the road. The...
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Northwoods Inn

Date: 1935
Description: View from road of clapboard buildings, one with a large enclosed front porch, bordering the roadway. There is a Cities Service Oils gas pump and a sign for...
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Studie Baker's Hotel

Date: 1935
Description: View from road of large two-story building situated along roadway. A gasoline pump is next to the building along with four fifty-five gallon drums position...
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Studie Baker's Cafe

Date: 1935
Description: Large two-plus story log building with awnings over the windows, with a one-story attached cafe with a sign that says: MAMMOUTH GAYETY CAFE. There is a cou...
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Morgan's Lost Land Lake Resort

Date: 1935
Description: An antlered whitetail deer with a bell around it's neck, and a black American Water Spaniel, are sniffing nose-to-nose on the lawn outside of some cabins. ...
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Morgan's Lost Land Lake Resort Shoreline

Date: 1935
Description: View along shoreline of a man wearing a hat and sitting on a hillside. A dog retrieves a stick in the water. Wooden row boats are at docks in the backgroun...
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Boat Landing at Swatiks Fin and Feather Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Wooden rowboats tied along shoreline of Moose Lake. One boat has a small trolling motor. A small building is along the shore near a dock with a bench.
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Main Lodge at Fin & Feather Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Lakeside view of large two-story log lodge with outside stone chimmney at Moose Lake.

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