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Minocqua

Date: 07 10 1949
Description: Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge over Tomahawk River

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Soo Line railroad bridge crossing the Tomahawk River at Bradley, Wisconsin. The bridge, built in 1886, was 126 ft. long and...
Photograph

Lake Shore Lumber Company

Date: 1900
Description: Lake Shore Lumber Company of Oshkosh's mill waste lumber slab dump. Leander Choate, owner of mill, used this marsh for his waste lumber which was piled at ...
Photograph

Rhinelander

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the City of Rhinelander.
Postcard

Minocqua From Clawson's Hill

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Description: Elevated view of Minocqua from Clawson's Hill. Caption reads: "Minocqua Wisconsin From Clawson's Hill."
Map or Atlas

Proposed State Park in Oneida County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This early 1920s map shows state-owned land in townships 38 and 39, range 7 east, the towns of Lake Tomahawk and Woodruff, in Oneida County, Wisconsin, tha...
Map or Atlas

Rhinelander, Wisconsin : The Center of the Lake District of Northern Wisconsin [and] the Great Fishing and Summer Resort Region of the State

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map shows railroads, wagon roads, trails, creeks, rivers, lakes, and trout streams in Oneida and Lincoln counties within a 12 mile radius of Rhin...
Map or Atlas

Soil Map of Oneida County Wisconsin

Date: 1959
Description: Map of soil in Oneida County. Bottom of the map includes a legend of soil; "SECOND CLASS SOILS GOOD TO FAIR FARM LAND" are represented in shades of yellow ...
Map or Atlas

Three Lakes Area Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of Three Lakes shows forest fire lookout towers, picnic grounds, an airport, roads, and railroad. The map features text boxes on the Village of Th...
Photograph

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 ...
Postcard

"The Narrows" Trout Lake

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis."
Photograph

022 - Dining Porch

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Description: Interior view of the Dining Porch, which ran the entire length of the Main Lodge. View from porch is to the southeast, with a view of Lake Raymond (now kno...
Photograph

035 - Camp Counselor on Horseback

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Description: Camp counselor on horseback in a open field, with two campers on horseback in the background on the right near a fence. Trees are behind the fence. Origina...
Photograph

066 - Young Woman Weaving with Table Loom

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Description: Close-up of young woman weaving with a table loom. She is sitting at a table outdoors next to a building. A lake and shoreline are in the background.
Historical Object

062 - Page from Joy Camps Album with Campers Fishing

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of campers fishing. Upper left photograph is an elevated view of several campers in a boat fish...
Photograph

132 - Camp Craft Activities

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. Original caption notes: "Scenes from camp craft activities during 1940..." (the remainder of t...
Historical Object

Several Camp Scenes from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes one of the cabins (exterior view), Miss Rusty (one of the Joy Camps counselor...
Historical Object

Sue Ann Hackett with Friends

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs. Includes dock on lake, with distant shoreline, Sue Ann with a friend and her mother, o...
Historical Object

Joy Camps Beaver Point Trip

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs of a trip to Beaver Point. Includes campers packing a canoe alongside a dock, campers s...
Historical Object

Camp Craft at Joy Camps

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying scenes of Joy Camps camp craft activities during Beaver Point trip. Includes fires and lashings, campers ea...

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