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Railroad Bridge over Tomahawk River

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Soo Line railroad bridge crossing the Tomahawk River at Bradley, Wisconsin. The bridge, built in 1886, was 126 ft. long and...
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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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Emery DeNoyer

Date: 07 26 1941
Description: Emery DeNoyer (b.1887), singer of lumberjack songs. "He earned his keep in the Wisconsin lumber camps not by logging (for he only had only one eye and one ...
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Rhinelander High

Date: 1920
Description: View up sidewalk toward the high school. A man and a child are standing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "High School, Rhinelander, Wis."
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Rhinelander First National Bank

Date: 10 25 1927
Description: View showing the original interior of the First National Bank, with several individuals standing behind the teller stations.
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White Pine Blister Rust Threat

Date: 06 1938
Description: S.B. Fracker and H.N. Putman, two leaders of the white pine blister rust eradication effort in Wisconsin, are examining infected trees at the Rhinelander i...
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Winnifred Ahrens Spring

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Description: A studio portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring, a kindergarten teacher at West Side School in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
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Teacher and Young Children

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring holding hands with a young girl and a young boy, standing outside of the doorway of a building. Winnifred was a kinde...
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Young Students Playing

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom near a ladder and slide.
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Young Students in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom. Desks, chairs, easels, a fireplace, and a broom are visible in the background.
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Playing in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students playing in their kindergarten classroom with a large train model.
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Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: Kindergarten students laying on the floor in a row, possibly for nap time.
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Young Girl Near Window

Date: 1939
Description: A young girl posed near a window and glancing up. The window has a stained glass panel, possibly depicting the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty.
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Young Students Holding Books

Date: 1939
Description: Two young students holding books in their kindergarten classroom next to a piano. The young girl is posed seated on a piano bench and holding an open book....
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Group of Students Near Fireplace

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing near the fireplace in their classroom. The fireplace is surrounded by tiling depicting fairy ta...
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Students at Nap Time

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students laying down on the floor of their kindergarten classroom, probably for nap time. In the background there is a fireplace surrounded with...
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Two Students Near Fireplace

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of two young students, a boy and a girl, standing next to each other and holding hands near the fireplace in their kindergarten classroom. The f...
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Five Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: A group of five kindergarten students sitting around a table doing work near the fireplace in their classroom. The fireplace is surrounded by tiling depict...
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Fourteen Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: A group of fourteen kindergarten students posed in their classroom, standing and sitting with their arms above their heads. Behind them is a window with a ...

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