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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Two Lumbermen with Saw

Date: 1880
Description: Two lumbermen posing with a two-man crosscut saw they are using on a fallen tree trunk, cutting the pine into manageable sizes for hauling.
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Iron Mine

Date: 08 1880
Description: Men working in an iron mine.
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J.F. Mosher Residence

Date: 1886
Description: Mosher family standing in front of the J.F. Mosher residence. From the left are J.F. Mosher, daughters Celia Belle, Rhoda Adelaide, and Bertha May, son Her...
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...
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Central Avenue

Date: 1880
Description: View along Central Avenue. There are a number of commercial buildings with false fronts. Groups of people stand near the road on the left and right.
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Inspecting a 15 Pound Muskellunge

Date: 1890
Description: A group of three men and two women are standing on a pier inspecting a 15 pound muskellunge. Long Lake is in the background. There is a boathouse at the en...
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First Boarding House

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of a boarding house in the woods surrounded by a pole fence. Hand-written on the reverse: "First Boarding house of Florence, Erected March 1st,...

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