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Riding on the Running Boards

Date: 1921
Description: Warmly-dressed school children riding on the running boards of Theta Mead's car. There is a large building and probably a flag pole in the background.
Photograph

Winter Trip

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with Theta Mead shoveling her car out of a snow drift.
Photograph

Theta Mead by Her Car

Date: 1918
Description: Theta Mead standing next to her car on a rural dirt road holding a book under her arm.
Photograph

Heafford Junction Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When Phil Kilinski built this unique Dutch Mill gas station six miles north of Tomahawk in the mid 1940s, he created a whimsical attraction that successful...
Photograph

Heafford Junction Service Station Detail (Windmill Ice Cream Shoppe)

Date: 2008
Description: The windmill structure continues to attract travelers, but not for gasoline or bait, but for ice cream.
Postcard

Sunflower Cottage Resort

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Description: View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s...
Photograph

Shoreline View

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Description: View of a shoreline and boat surrounded by trees.
Photograph

Saint Mary's Church and Parsonage

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Description: Exterior of Saint Mary's Church and Parsonage. The view from across the street shows a United States Flag in front of the parsonage. Caption reads: "St. Ma...
Photograph

Saint Mary's Catholic Church

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Description: Exterior of the Saint Mary's Catholic Church. The view from across the street features the church building's stained glass windows and belfry. Caption read...
Photograph

Sacred Heart Hospital

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Description: Exterior of Sacred Heart Hospital. The brick hospital building features a porch, balcony, and a covered entrance. Caption reads: "Sacred Heart Hospital, To...
Photograph

Scene in Bradley Park

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Description: Elevated ciew of Bradley Park, named in 1910 after the consolidation of 105 acres previously referred to as Prospect Point and Hog's Back. A man observes m...
Photograph

Prospect Point

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Description: A man boats near the shoreline at Prospect Point. Prospect Point consolidated with Hog's Back in 1910 to form 105 acres of land and was renamed Bradley Pa...
Map or Atlas

Tomahawk Land Company Lands

Date: 1943
Description: A map that shows the lands for sale by the Tomahawk Land Company of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, in the counties of Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, and Price. The map s...
Photograph

Farm Home of August Krueger

Date: 09 05 1895
Description: View across road of the log buildings and farm home of August Krueger. Two women and three men stand near the fence along the road. One of the men holds a ...
Map or Atlas

Lincoln County, Wisconsin : Your Opportunity in the Banner County of the State

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, residences, churches, school ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: A map of Lincoln County, Wisconsin that shows the township and range grid, towns, cities and villages, lakes and streams, residences, churches, school hous...
Photograph

Young Women with Bicycles

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras.
Map or Atlas

Tomahawk Wisconsin: Tomahawk Land and Boom County 1887

Date: 1887
Description: This map of Tomahawk shows the Wisconsin River, numbered lots, and labeled streets. The back of the map reads: "Henry C. Payne, 424 Broadway, - - Milwaukee...
Map or Atlas

Map of Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map of Tomahawk shows landownership, an original plat of the city, various plat additions, roads, and railroads. The map includes annotations of road ...
Map or Atlas

Village of Gleason

Date: 1943
Description: This map of the Village of Gleason shows land ownership by name, local streets, railroads, churches, schools, and part of Prairie River. The bottom left of...

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