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Labor Day at Bayfield

Date: 1912
Description: Boats and people at the Bayfield dock on Labor Day 1912. Boats include Thelma; Lusitania; which later became a U.S. Mail boat; Captain Angus'...
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Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
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Raspberry School

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Raspberry School with a group of adults and children standing outside its entrance.
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Maria Getto Seated in Rocking Chair

Date: 1930
Description: Maria Getto seated in rocking chair in front of home, Oulu Township.
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City Dock at Bayfield

Date: 1910
Description: View towards shoreline of an automobile being driven on the Bayfield City Dock. Colonel Woods' boat, "Nebraska" is at the dock. Sam Fifields' "Stella" is a...
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Cabin at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of people sitting inside the screen porch of a log cabin in the woods near Eau Claire Lakes.
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Gifford's on East Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View from water of people sitting in a canoe next to a boat dock where more people are standing. A boathouse is on shore and a cottage is up a slight hill ...
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Boats at Les Crandall's

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on boat dock on Namakagon Lake. Some of them are holding stringers of recently caught fish, and wooden rowboats are tied to the doc...
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Boating on Lake Siskiwit

Date: 1938
Description: Three women in a rowboat off a dock on Siskiwit Lake.
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Log Cabin Lodge People at Picnic Table

Date: 1937
Description: Three men, one woman and one child sit on lawn chairs and at a picnic table outside under the trees at Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. Three cabins are...
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Dock and Diving Board

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of seven men, women and children standing on the shoreline at Log Cabin Lodge looking out over a diving board and dock on Lake Millicent. T...
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People on Dock at Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: One woman stands on shore at Log Cabin Lodge looking at the photographer. Eight people sit on the dock, while two men are standing in Lake Millicent. Three...
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Boys Swimming at Red Arrow Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Three boys stand together in Deep Lake with four boats pulled up on shore behind them. On shore three women sit on a bench outside the Red Arrow Resort.
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Lake Samoset

Date: 1935
Description: Two people canoeing near the shoreline of Lake Samoset.
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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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W.A. Dennis Point Cottage

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of four people in a canoe on Cable Lake, with the W.A. Dennis Point Cottage and pine trees visible on the opposite shoreline.
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White Pine Lodge on Lake Owen

Date: 1933
Description: Two women stand on the lawn looking at Lake Owen. There are wooden benches, trees, and a rowboat on the right. The White Pine Lodge with porches is on the ...
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Man and Woman Standing in Rowboat on Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: View of a man and woman getting into a wooden rowboat from a dock on Lake Owen at the Virginia Beach Cabins. Behind them a dog sits on the pier. On the far...
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Inez Lindell Bystrom

Date: 1930
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Inez Lindell Bystrom, teacher at Miles School in the town of Orienta in Bayfield County. Mrs. Bystrom was born in Lulea, ...
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Students at Work

Date: 1931
Description: Students of the Miles School, Bayfield County District No. 2, read at their desks supervised by their teacher, Mrs. Inez Lindell Bystrom. There is a parlor...

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