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Dining Room at Warner's Resort

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Description: View of the dining room at the resort. Caption reads: "A Corner of the Dining Room, Warner's Resort, Plum Lake, Sayner, Wis."
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Porch at Warner's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View along the porch at Warner's Resort. The porch roof is supported by large rustic tree trunks or branches. Caption reads: "The Porch at Warner's Resort,...
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Lobby at Warner's Resort

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Description: The lobby at the resort. There is a piano in the left foreground, and a large fireplace is along the back wall. Caption reads: "The Lobby at Warner's Resor...
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Interior of Buck Inn

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of the living room in the Buck Inn at Lost Lake Resort. Caption reads: "In The Living Room t Lost Lake Resort".
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Two Days Catch of Muskellunge

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Description: Caption reads: "Two Days Catch of Muskellunge in Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." Group portrait of five men standing, and one man crouched near a tree behin...
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First Lesson in Wrestling

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "First Lesson in Wrestling, Camp Highlands, on Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." A teacher begins a class in wrestling with a group of st...
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World's First Snowmobile

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ...
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At Lost Lake Resort

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "At Lost Lake Resort, Sayner, Wis." The lodge at a Northern Wisconsin resort is built of logs. Chairs are arranged around the fireplac...
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Sayners Resort

Date: 1918
Description: Text on front reads: "Sayners Resort, Sayner, Wis." A large, multi-story, hotel-like resort surrounded by trees. A balcony runs around the main floor, part...
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Plum Creek

Date: 08 22 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Plum Creek, near Jack Pine Lodge, Sayner, Wis." View of a creek with brush covered shores, and trees in the distance.
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Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church

Date: 07 16 1981
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church, Sayner, Wisconsin 54560. Pastor W. Wiberg." An A-frame style church with wings built of ...
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Froelich's Sayner Lodge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat...
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Greetings from Sayner

Date: 07 25 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Sayner, Wisconsin." A herd of white-tailed deer walk past a feeding station filled with hay in the snowy woods.
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Plum Lake

Date: 07 14 1956
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Plum Lake near Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wis. Greetings - Eagle River, Wis." View of Plum Lake with a boathouse and piers at Sayner Lod...
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Murmuring Waters Resort

Date: 07 04 1951
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the...

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