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Sacking the Rapids

Date: 1890
Description: Log driving crew maneuvering logs through rapids below a dam, probably on the Wisconsin River.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 10 1983
Description: Men harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes with rakes.
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1983
Description: Harvested cranberries being unloaded from a truck for cleaning and processing. A woman stands over the cranberries with a rake while adjusting the flow of ...
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O'Konski and Obey

Date: 08 10 1974
Description: Wisconsin congressmen David Obey (left) and former congressman Alvin O'Konski breaking ground for a United States Forest Services genetics lab. After the c...
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Vocational Class

Date: 1978
Description: Vocational students at James Williams Junior High School work on a silkscreen project. The screens are laying on the work bench. More students, tables and ...
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Handing Out the Big Bucks

Date: 08 1995
Description: Congressman David R. Obey presents a big check to representatives of Nicolet College. As chairman or ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee O...
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Rhinelander Butcher Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of a butcher shop, with a male butcher sharpening a knife behind a counter lined with cuts of meat, sausages and a scale. Behind the counter ...
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Bushel of Potatoes

Date: 09 26 1895
Description: A pile of potatoes, weighing one hundred and seventy-four pounds, sits next to an overturned bushel basket on the potato field of Henry Kuepper. Stumps and...
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Onion Fields of John Hass

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Chas B. Howe standing in his garden, holding cabbages, beets, onions, and turnips. The garden is located on the farm of John Hass, with 1.5 acres of onions...
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P. Langlais Farm

Date: 07 31 1895
Description: Three men standing in the cornfields at P. Langlais's farm.

In "Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker" (1896), this photograph is captioned...

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Steve Meleski Ice Fishing

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Steve Meleski kneeling near his ice fishing hole at Thunder lake. Other people are fishing on the lake behind him. The shoreline is wooded, and there are b...
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Ice Fishing Trio

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Lee Jameson, Walter Jameson, and Jim Stern clearing an ice fishing hole in Thunder Lake.
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003 - Mile-Long View of Lake Raymond

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Description: Exterior view of mile-long view of Lake Raymond (now known as Seventeen Lake), with several campers in foreground, and other campers in canoes on the lake....
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005 - North Shoreline of Bay Along Lake Raymond

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Description: View from Camp Pioneer looking east along the north shore of bay (Lake Raymond, now known as Seventeen Lake). There are piers on the shoreline, and a raft ...
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007 - Main Lodge

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Description: View over water of Main Lodge as seen from boat on bay. Original caption notes: "It fits well into the landscape and seems to have been there always. Forty...
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009 - Fireplace in Main Lodge

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Description: Interior view of stone fireplace area in the Main Lodge. Three campers are gathered around a record player, another is seated in a camp chair at the firepl...
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011 - Health Cabin

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Description: The health cabin located in a wooded setting. Original caption notes: "Here our medical counselor lives and keeps her equipment. In a separate room are two...
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013 - Indian Teepee on Shorefront

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Description: Exterior view of Indian tipi (teepee) with several campers sitting on the ground in front. Original caption notes: "One of the two attractive Indian tipis ...
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015 - Directors' Cabin

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Description: Exterior view of Directors' Cabin situated in wooded area, with a slope down to the lake on the right. Original caption notes that this cabin "also serves ...
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017 - Exterior of "Living Cabin" III

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Description: Exterior view of Cabin III situated in wooded area. Original caption notes that this was one of five "living cabins." The caption also notes: "These five l...

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