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Main Street, Looking North from Davenport Street

Date: 1944
Description: View of intersection with pedestrians crossing the street in the town central business district. Businesses include three drugstores, a hotel, and a clothi...
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Three Lakes, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down unpaved street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Three Lakes, Wis."
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Oneida Court House

Date: 1900
Description: Oneida County Court House, later used as the county Normal School.
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Rhinelander Logging Museum

Date: 1930
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. A long building has a sign on the roof that reads: "Logging Museum".
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First National Bank, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of First National Bank. There are signs in the windows for Western Union.
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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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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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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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The Thunder Lake Lumber Co.

Date: 1939
Description: A view from water of the Thunder Lake Lumber Co., one of the largest sawmills in Rhinelander. It was located on Lake Creek and operated until 1937.
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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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027 - Library in Main Lodge

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Description: Interior view of library in Main Lodge. Two campers are seated at a table reading; another camper is browsing the shelves. Original caption notes: "In 1937...
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127 - A Snapshot of Cabin I, Joy Camps

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of older campers, with counselors, posed in front of a camp building. The girls in the front row are holding a sign that reads: "A S...
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Joy Camps Counselors Group Portrait

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Scrapbook displaying two photographs. The top is a group portrait of the counselors who worked at Joy Camps in the summer of 1949...
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Highway X

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Description: Long exposure at night of cars driving on the interstate near Highway X.
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Coffee Break

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Description: A line of snowmobiles parked in front of a restaurant.
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Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...

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