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Scott Residence, Prairie Farm, Wisc.

Date: 1910
Description: G.E. Scott residence from the rear. Caption reads: "G.E. Scotts Res. From the rear, Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Opera House

Date: 1910
Description: View across road towards the front and right side of the Opera House. Caption reads: "Greetings from Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Home store, Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wis."
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Home Store, Prairie Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Home store, Prairie Farm. Includes additional buildings. Caption reads: "Home Store Prairie Farm Wis."
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Home Store

Date: 1910
Description: Home Store or Big Store was built by Mr. George Scott in 1901, and was the town's main general store, which was built to replace the old Knapp, Stout & Com...
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Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Home Store, Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Shows right side facing front of building. Caption reads: "Home Store, Pra. Farm, Wis."
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a ribes eradication crew that was part of the white pine blister rust effort in a Barron County forest. The caption indicates tha...
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Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
Painting

Cooperative Store

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Description: Exterior view of large brick building (cooperative store) with three open arches on the porch area, and arched windows. There is a house near a bluff in th...
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Hammonds Camp

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Description: Two separate views. Left image: E.S. Hammond's Camp at Gillette. Spur(?). Several buildings are behind railroad tracks. Right image: Louis Boudry, the coo...
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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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Man with Lawn Mower

Date: 1947
Description: A man stands outdoors with a lawn mower. His work gloves and hat are resting on the mower. Caption on photograph reads, "Uncle Paul from Rice Lake-Wis."
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The Cumberland Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of The Cumberland Hotel. The hotel opened in March of 1891 and was demolished in 1965.
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Chippewa Blueberry Pickers

Date: 1910
Description: Men, women and children holding boxes and pails in the forest. Original caption reads: "VI Drive to W.S.; Chippewa blueberry pickers." The photograph is pa...
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Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of the Rice Lake Lumber Company Mill, taken from a high vantage point. A formation of logs is in the river, and piles of finished boards are ...
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Rice Lake

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Description: View along shoreline toward a boat sitting along the wooded shore of Rice Lake. Caption reads: "Scene on Rice Lake, Wis."
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The Red Cedar River

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Description: View along railroad tracks leading towards a railroad bridge across the Red Cedar River. A large building is on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Red...
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The Red Cedar River

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Description: View of the Red Cedar River with tree-covered shorelines. Caption reads: "Red Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis."
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of men use a team of four horses to transport logs across snow-covered ground on a sled. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "A Logging Sce...
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Logging Near Rice Lake

Date: 1872
Description: A group of loggers poses for a group portrait amongst cut logs in a snow-covered wooded area. The men in the middle have their axes in hand, while other me...

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