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Beauty Queen Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1947
Description: A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw...
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Phoenix Log Hauler

Date: 1914
Description: Steam log hauler made by Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Eau Claire, pulling loaded skids through snow. Rice Lake lumber camp, overland spur.
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Iva Rindlisbacher, Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at Swiss Bells

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Iva Rindlisbacher (left), Helene Stratman-Thomas, and Lois Rindlisbacher at the Swiss bells. The bells stand was built by Otto Rindlisbacher, Iva's husband...
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Park House Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Park House Hotel (called the Commercial House before 1888), which burned down in 1892. Two people are sitting in a horse-drawn vehicle on the l...
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Narrows Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Narrows Bridge, with a group of people on the left sitting and standing in a boat. The far shoreline is tree covered. Caption reads: "The Narro...
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Carnegie Library

Date: 1937
Description: View of Carnegie Library on the corner of South Main Street and West Messenger, Rice Lake. Pedestrians are crossing the street, automobiles are parked alon...
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John F. Kennedy

Date: 1959
Description: Senator John F. Kennedy with his wife, Jackie. Second from right is Ivan Nestigan, then Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin.
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Railroad Station

Date: 1908
Description: Black and white postcard of a railroad station across from the Hotel Wells. Railroad tracks run between them, disappearing into the distance. There are tre...
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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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Occupational Therapy, Barron County Nursing Home

Date: 12 20 1963
Description: Four residents of the Barron County Nursing Home in Cumberland are making crafts around a table. A caption on the photograph reads: "This group in occupati...
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Chetek Opera House Poster

Date: 09 17
Description: Poster advertising a concert and dance at the Chetek Opera House on September 17th. Featured artists are The Rindlisbachers, Berith Rokstad, and the Skarni...
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Mt. Hardscrabble

Date: 01 31 1970
Description: People outdoors in front of the ski lodge at Mt. Hardscrabble. Ski poles are standing upright near skis left in the snow in the foreground.
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Pottery Class

Date: 1970
Description: A woman is throwing a pot on the wheel in a pottery class.
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Traditional Ways

Date: 1976
Description: A young native American woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard on her lap, a traditional way to protect and transport babies. S...
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City Park

Date: 05 14 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "City Park, Rice Lake, Wis." View of a circular flower bed and tiered fountain in City Park, overlooking the lake. Trees surround the ...
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Bathing Beach

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bathing Beach, Rice Lake, Wis." Many adults and children are swimming and diving at the beach. There is a pier on the left and an ela...
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Boat Livery

Date: 08 08 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Boat Livery, Rice Lake, Wis." A boathouse with "Boat Livery" painted on it has many rowboats tied up to the moorings. A group of four...
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Hardscrabble Ski Area

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Hardscrabble Ski Area...Rice Lake, Wis." Text on reverse, "Hardscrabble, Inc. Rice Lake, Wis. The Cadillac of ski areas . . . ask the...
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A Birch Bark Indian Home

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wig...

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