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Woodruff Mill

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Description: Bissell Lumber Company. Workers are posing outdoors in front of a building. Cut trees can be seen in the background. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the right...
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Elevated View of Lumbertown Street

Date: 1897
Description: Lumbertown Street (Now Highway 47). There are horse-drawn carts and a car. Sailors burned down Lumbertown in 1897. It was later built up as a resort town....
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People on Porch of General Store

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Description: Store includes a Post Office, owned by Cyrus Yawkey. Men, child, and two dogs are on the porch.
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People Counting Pennies

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: People counting pennies that came in the mail for the Dr. Kate Million Penny fundraiser. Country doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb -- known as "the angel on snow...
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Boy Parading with Sign

Date: 1921
Description: A boy parades past the Oneida County courthouse with a sign that reads, "Others Quickly Followed."
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Minocqua Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: According to the Minocqua Times, work on this yellow-glazed brick station, which stands at 329 Front Street, began in late 1931.
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Whippoorwill Cottage

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Description: Exterior view of the Whippoorwill cottage at Styza's Birchwood Lodge on Garth Lake. A black automobile is parked in front of the building and trees surroun...
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Rhinelander Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. Several shelves are labeled,...
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Rhinelander Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. There is a portrait of Abrah...
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Rhinelander Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. In the foreground are readin...
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Camp Idyle Wyld, Three Lakes

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Description: View from lake of Camp Idyle Wyld. A two-story wet boathouse, a windmill, and several cabins are visible along the shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Camp ...
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C.M. & St. P. Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: View from water of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge. Probably over a stretch of Kawaguasaga Lake. There is a stairway leading to the wate...
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Winnifred Ahrens Spring

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Description: A studio portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring, a kindergarten teacher at West Side School in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
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Teacher and Young Children

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring holding hands with a young girl and a young boy, standing outside of the doorway of a building. Winnifred was a kinde...
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Young Students Playing

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom near a ladder and slide.
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Young Students in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom. Desks, chairs, easels, a fireplace, and a broom are visible in the background.
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Playing in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students playing in their kindergarten classroom with a large train model.
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Classroom Train Model

Date: 1939
Description: A large model of a train for students to play with in a kindergarten classroom.
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Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: Kindergarten students laying on the floor in a row, possibly for nap time.
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Young Girl Near Window

Date: 1939
Description: A young girl posed near a window and glancing up. The window has a stained glass panel, possibly depicting the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty.

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