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Shoreline View

Date: 1942
Description: View from Lake Superior looking at the shoreline of Washburn. Houses, buildings, people, cars and trees are visible on shore.
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Memorial Park

Date: 1932
Description: View of two wooden foot bridges in Memorial Park. In the background are the waters of Chequamegon Bay in Lake Superior. Picnic tables are among the trees. ...
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Legion Memorial Park

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of one automobile parked on Main Street. The Legion Memorial Park is across the street. There is a hospital building in the background. Trees...
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Washburn High School

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Washburn High School, a two-story cut stone building with an attic and raised basement in the Romanesque architectural style. There is...
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World Championship Logrolling Contest

Date: 1936
Description: View of the World's Championship Log-Rolling Contest, Brownstone Bowl. There are two rowboats in the water. Two men stand on a rolling log in the middle of...
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Log-rolling

Date: 1932
Description: View from water of log rolling with one man in the water holding onto a log, and another man standing on a rolling log. Behind the log is a wooden rowboat ...
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Man Log-rolling

Date: 1932
Description: View of one man standing on a rolling log in the water. In the background on the right is a wooden boat.
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Man Rolling the Ball

Date: 1932
Description: View of one man standing and rolling on a large ball in the water. He is holding a stick in his left hand. In the background on the left is a man in a wood...
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Minne-wawa Resort

Date: 1933
Description: View of the Minne-wawa Resort. There are two small cottages that have signs that say "Minne-wawa," and in the background is one large country house and man...
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Mount Valhalla

Date: 1935
Description: View of Mount Valhalla during the winter near Washburn. There is a building and a few automobiles parked at the bottom of a large hill covered in snow. The...
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Mount Valhalla Snow Jump

Date: 1935
Description: View from the top of a ski hill jump on Mount Valhalla near Washburn. Crowds of people line the edges of the ski jump area at the bottom of the hill.
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Airplane Flying Low Over Airfield

Date: 1932
Description: View of a man flying an airplane low over the airfield. He is wearing goggles and waving at the photogarpher. In the background is a barn and trees.
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CCC Camp Moquah National Forest

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view over trees of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp, Moquah National Forest near Washburn, showing two buildings and about twenty-one te...
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Les Crandall's Housekeeping Cottages

Date: 1935
Description: Log cabins on forested shoreline of Namakagon Lake. A young deer is standing in front of wooden rowboats on the shoreline.
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Lake Samoset

Date: 1935
Description: Two people canoeing near the shoreline of Lake Samoset.
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Roman Catholic Church

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a one-story wood, rectanglular building with a bell tower above the front entrance. There is snow on the ...
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Children in Siskiwit River at Bridge Falls

Date: 1936
Description: View of two children standing in the Siskiwit River at the top of Bridge Falls. A woman stands on the shore on the right. There are trees and brush on both...
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Jacob Johnson & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wea...
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Boats on the Shore of Lake Wilipyro

Date: 1931
Description: Two metal rowboats are pulled up on the shoreline of Lake Wilipyro. The lake and trees on the opposite shore are visible in the background. A small animal...
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Cooper Cottage on Cable Lake

Date: 1931
Description: View across water of people standing on the shoreline and a dock. Two people are in a boat on the lake. Cooper Cottage is visible on land and another dock ...

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