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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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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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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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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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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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Training School

Date: 09 02 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Training School, Rice Lake, Wis." A large, wood sided structure with a tower and porch. The school has a concrete sidewalk and is sur...
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Scene Near Rice Lake

Date: 10 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Rice Lake, Wis." Five lumberjacks pose with a load of logs on a sled pulled by horses. Two skids lean against the logs. Th...
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St. Ann Catholic Church

Date: 02 20 1943
Description: Text on front reads: "St. Anns Catholic Church, Turtle Lake, Wis." A stone church built in 1922, surrounded by trees. More buildings are in the background.

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