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La Salle Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of La Salle Street, looking east. Horse-drawn vehicles are along the right, and a person is driving a horse-drawn vehicle up the street on the left. C...
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Chetek with Southworth's and Flinn's Point

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view with buildings and a church in the foreground. Caption reads: "Looking East from Chetek, Wis., Southworth's and Flinn's Point in the Distance...
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Downtown Cumberland and Beaver Dam Lake

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Cumberland with Beaver Dam Lake in the background. In the foreground is a street, and across the street is a church, a water tower and dwe...
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View of Haugen

Date: 1905
Description: View from side of road toward the town of Haugen, with a man on a horse-drawn wagon on the road in the foreground. Caption reads: "Haugen, Wis."
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Greetings from Haugen Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Multiple views of Haugen, including a church, a school with a group of students posed outside, and a locomotive at the railroad station, etc. Caption at to...
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Main Street with Barron Co. Bank

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Description: Barron Co. Bank is on the corner on the left, with storefronts lining the street going off to the right. Most of the buildings have awnings over the entran...
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Paul Bunyan's Camp

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Description: A vine-covered arched trellis with a yoke hanging from it is over the path leading into the camp. A camp building is in the background. Caption reads: "Pau...
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Dog Pulling Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard of T.J. Thompson seated on a sled pulled by his dog. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison, selling watches and...
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Snow-Covered Train at Station

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Description: Photographic postcard view of people standing on a platform next to a snow-covered train arriving at a station.
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Birch Sign with Antlers at Bear Lake

Date: 1959
Description: Photographic postcard view of cabins by a lake. In the foreground is a birch sign with antlers that reads: "Tonto."
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Looking South from Kunz's Island, Long Lake, Brill, Wis.

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a lake from an island. Dwellings are on the far shoreline among trees. Caption reads: "Looking South from Kunz's Island, Bril...
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Methodist Church, Cumberland, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Oval-framed view from unpaved street towards the Methodist Church, shown in an oval frame in the center of a white postcard. There are two houses in the ba...
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John Blaine Campaigning

Date: 06 24 1922
Description: Slightly elevated view towards a crowd of men gathered in front of a dentist building. John J. Blaine, Wisconsin's 24th governor stands speaking near the e...
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Chetek, Looking North, Prairie Lake in Distance

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Description: Elevated view of Chetek and Prairie Lake. There are dwellings on the edge of town. Caption reads: "Chetek, Looking North, Prairie Lake in Distance."
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Presbyterian Church and Parsonage

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Description: Exterior view of the Presbyterian Church and parsonage. A bell tower is over the front entrance of the church. Caption reads: "Presbyterian Church and Pars...
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Norwestern Flour & Grain Co., Chetek, Wis.

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Description: View from shoreline across water towards the Norwestern Flour and Grain Company mill on the banks of a river. Caption reads: "Norwestern Flour and Grain Co...
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W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge

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Description: View across water towards the W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge on Lake Chetek. Docks and boathouses are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge...
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Scene at Chetek, Wis.

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Description: View from shore towards a bridge crossing a river. Three boys are standing in the marshy foreground, and one of them has a fishing pole. A horse and buggy ...
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Depot on a Rainy Day

Date: 1908
Description: View across road towards the Chetek train depot on a rainy day. People are walking along the platform and walkway, some carrying umbrellas. Caption reads: ...
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Boating on Lake Chetek

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Description: Elevated view from shoreline looking over the roof of a building in the right foreground towards people in rowboats on Lake Chetek. The far shoreline is th...

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