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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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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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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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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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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing outside. Each child is holding a rolled up paper.
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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River Drivers

Date: 1895
Description: Crew of river drivers moving logs off of rocks below a dam probably on the Wisconsin River.
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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.
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O'Konski and Obey

Date: 08 10 1974
Description: Wisconsin congressmen David Obey (left) and former congressman Alvin O'Konski breaking ground for a United States Forest Services genetics lab. After the c...
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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P. Langlais Farm

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Three men standing in the cornfields at P. Langlais's farm.

In "Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker" (1896), this photograph is captioned...

Postcard

James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

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The Hodag

Date: 1967
Description: A family looking at a sculpture of a Hodag in a glass case at the Rhinelander Logging Museum.
Postcard

The Beach at Pinewood Lodge

Date: 08 16 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ...
Postcard

Capture of the Hodag

Date: 08 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l...
Postcard

Blaesing's Shorewood Vista

Date: 08 25 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Blaesing's Shorewood Vista, Lake George, Rhinelander, Wis." Along the front of the resort building river rocks are used to cover the ...
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Rhinelander Paper Mill Dam

Date: 09 18 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Dam, Rhinelander, Wis." View of the outflow of the Rhinelander Paper Mill dam, on the Wisconsin River, that powers the mil...

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