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Sue Ann Hackett on Outdoor Camping Trip

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett kneeling and holding a tin cup on an outdoor camping trip. There is a tarp in the foreground with dishes and food containers. Birch trees a...
Photograph

Taking a Fish off the Hook

Date: 1950
Description: Close-up of a young girl wearing a bandana on her head sitting in a boat and removing a fish she has caught from the hook. Another girl is behind her holdi...
Photograph

A Girl at a Lake

Date: 
Description: View through trees looking down towards a girl standing on a shoreline looking across a lake. A marshy area is along the far shoreline.
Photograph

Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station

Date: 1991
Description: Exterior view of the ranger station at 7271 Main Street.
Postcard

James G. Dunn Grocery

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard of the James G. Dunn Grocery, with William John Dunn standing on the left and Maggie (O'Hare) Dunn on the right.

Handwritten on the...

Map or Atlas

Map Showing Territory 4 Miles North, 8 miles East, 7 Miles South, and 6 Miles West of Harshaw, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows logging roads, railroads with spur lines, trails, rapids, lumber camps, Indian villages, summer resort, lakes, rivers, and ponds.
Map or Atlas

Hand-drawn Plat Map

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Description: A plat map drawn in blue and red ink of township No. 43 North of Range No. 4 East of 4th Meridian.
Postcard

Klippel's Log Cabin, Little Bearskin Lake

Date: 
Description: View of a log cabin on a slope, surrounded by young trees. Caption reads: "Klippel's Log Cabin, Little Bearskin Lake, Harshaw, Wis."
Photograph

Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Groups of people are walking or standing downtown along the snow-covered street at night. Snowmobiles are parked in the right foreground. A banner stretchi...
Photograph

Snowmobile Racing

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Description: Three men racing snowmobiles in the Winterama race. Each man is wearing a cloth bib with a race number on it.
Photograph

Carrol Lake

Date: 09 1971
Description: Elevated view from forested hill towards Carrol Lake.
Photograph

State Fish Hatchery

Date: 05 1936
Description: View down a fieldstone-lined stream towards a graceful stone bridge crossing the stream at the fish hatchery. A one and one half story building with a porc...
Photograph

Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
Postcard

Ice Palace

Date: 
Description: Ice palace at night. There is a wooden door on the front of the ice block building. Caption reads: "Ice Palace, Minocqua, Wis."
Postcard

Curley's Tavern

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of Curley's Tavern at night. A neon sign on the top of the building reads: "Curley's Tavern, Nite Club" and there are also two neon signs for...
Postcard

Just for Fun: Marty's Show Boat and Golf Course

Date: 
Description: Cartoon drawing of people playing golf and other games, relaxing, sitting on the beach and swimming and boating on the lake. The building in the center is ...
Postcard

Pinewood Lodge

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." An enclosed porch at Pinewood Lodge filled with rocking chairs and straight chairs with cushions....
Postcard

Two Men in Meat Market

Date: 1907
Description: Note on reverse reads: "Windsor Blaisdell of Rhinelander in meat-market of this old store." He is standing behind the wood stove, and the butcher is leanin...
Postcard

Summer Sports at Northernaire

Date: 08 22 1955
Description: Text on front reads: "Summer Sports at Northernarie, Three Lakes, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Northernarie Hotel and Spa. Three Lakes, Wis. Truly one of Ameri...
Postcard

Walter W. Eiler, Realtor and Insurance

Date: 1952
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Walter W. Eiler. Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Realtor - Insurance. 'Recreational Real Estate in Northern Wisconsin." A storefront with a...

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