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Soft Maple Creek

Date: 1910
Description: A river scene, presumably Soft Maple Creek. Caption reads: "River Scene, Weyerhauser, Wis."
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Ladysmith High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of High School. People are standing in the left foreground. Caption reads: "High School, Ladysmith, Wis."
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Ladysmith

Date: 1910
Description: View towards Ladysmith. The river is on the left, and buildings are in the distance on the right. Caption reads: "Ladysmith, Wis."
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Tourist Camp

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Bruce Tourist Camp. A dirt road curves into the camp, with a large sign at the entrance, and cabins, picnic tables and ma...
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Wonderspot Cabins

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Photographic postcard view of two cabins surrounded by a lawn and trees at the Wonderspot Resort. Caption reads: "Wonderspot Cabins, Bruce, Wis."
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Buff Creek Farm

Date: 06 19 1915
Description: Photographic postcard view of Buff Creek Farm. The farmhouse is on the left and the barn and outbuildings are on the right. A man and an automobile are nea...
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Arpin's Farm

Date: 07 06 1915
Description: Photographic postcard across field towards Arpin's Farm. The farm is in the distance. On the extreme right is a row of power lines stretching to the horizo...
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Bridge Crossing Chippewa River

Date: 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline of a bridge over the Chippewa River. Caption reads: "Bridge Crossing Chippewa River, Bruce, Wis."
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Boat House, Blue Ribbon Point

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of a wooden boathouse at the shoreline, on the slope of a wooded hill. There is a porch on the upper level. A rowboat is moored ...
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Lake Shore

Date: 1909
Description: View of a lake shore with a rowboat pulled up to a stone beach. There are trees on the right, and the far shoreline is in the distance.
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Greetings from Island Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Caption reads: "Greetings from Island Lake, Wis." Handwritten at bottom: "A muskellunge — length 40 inches, weight 21 1/2 lbs."
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Muskie

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him.
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Greetings from Ladysmith, Wis.

Date: 1965
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Native American man wearing a headdress, and bead work. Caption on back reads: "A Colorful American Indian."
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A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
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Prizewinners

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Prizewinners, Rusk Co. Wis. Fair." Slightly elevated view of cattle lined up with their owners during a competition at the County Fai...
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Hotel Maple

Date: 08 13 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Maple, Weyerhauser [sic], Wis." A three story, clapboard building containing a hotel, restaurant and Post Office. Two girls are...

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