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White Pine

Date: 1981
Description: An unidentified man in a winter coat is standing with his right hand resting on a large limb of a mature white pine on the grounds of the T.B. Scott Mansio...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Tomahawk

Date: 1901
Description: A Sanborn map of Tomahawk featuring the Bay Mill Company's lumber yard.
Photograph

Prairie River

Date: 04 1971
Description: View down center of the Prairie River. Snow and trees line both shorelines.
Photograph

Prairie River

Date: 04 1971
Description: View across river towards a snowy shoreline along the Prairie River.
Photograph

Handling a Fire Hose

Date: 08 1940
Description: Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W...
Photograph

Brush Raft on Pine Lake

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: An unidentified man is inspecting a construction of logs and branches, stacked neatly and tied with ropes. He is standing on ice on a cleared area of a sno...
Photograph

Park Entrance

Date: 1935
Description: A narrow, unpaved road passes under a rustic log arbor-like gate which marks the entrance to Bradley Park. The area is heavily wooded with tall but immatur...
Photograph

Picnic

Date: 07 1939
Description: Three unidentified women, two wearing wide-legged slacks, are supervising a group of children around a stone fireplace in Council Grounds State Forest (now...
Photograph

Shelter House

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ...
Photograph

Entrance to State Forest

Date: 07 1940
Description: Two well-dressed women are posing next to an automobile parked near the arbor-like gate at the entrance to the Council Grounds State Forest, now the Counci...
Photograph

On the Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man sitting in the stern of a small boat, holding a fishing rod. A younger man, sitting forward, is rowing. There...
Photograph

Forest Protection Headquarters

Date: 1936
Description: View across street towards men and women standing in small groups outside the brick Forest Protection Headquarters building of the Wisconsin Conservation D...
Photograph

Campsites in Bradley Park

Date: 1935
Description: View across park towards a boy dwarfed by Norway pines in the campground at Bradley Park. There are several tents in the background and a car is parked on ...
Photograph

Camping in Bradley Park

Date: 1936
Description: Two smiling men, one carrying long fishing poles and the other a set of paddles, are walking away from their campsites while two women are working at a pic...
Postcard

Lincoln Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View from street towards a hotel on a corner. Men are on the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Lincoln Hotel, Merrill, Wis."
Photograph

No Admittance

Date: 12 1947
Description: View of trees and a farm building as seen through a dilapidated door and window of an old house. Snow is on the threshold of the door and in front of the b...
Postcard

Bradley Park

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Bradley Park, Tomahawk, Wis." The shelter house in Bradley Park with a rubble stone chimney, surrounded by trees. Mirror Lake can be ...
Postcard

Train Depot

Date: 06 12 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "C.M. & St. P. Depot, Tomahawk, Wis." The Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad station with passengers waiting under the eaves due to...
Postcard

Train of House Boats

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Train of House Boats, at Tomahawk, Wis." A train of four houseboats in the water with another boat to pull them. Five rowboats are in...
Postcard

The Hogs Back

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "The Hogs Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hogs Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A r...

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