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Street in Bruce

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Description: Color of Main Street. A Ben Franklin store, bank and Texaco Station are on the left. The right side is lined with bars. Cars are parked along both sides of...
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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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Beaver Dam Rapids

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Description: View of the Beaver Dam Rapids on the Flambeau River.
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Canoeing Down the Beaver Dam Rapids

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Description: Elevated view of the Beaver Dam Rapids on Flambeau River. Two people are canoeing down the rapids.
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Log Sauna, Matt Johnson Farm

Date: 1930
Description: View up hill towards two adults and two children outside of a log building, surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Sheldon, Wis. 1930s. Log sauna on Matt Joh...
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Clearing Brush

Date: 06 09 1936
Description: Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right....
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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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Rusk County Court House

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Description: View across lawn toward the courthouse. Caption reads: "Rusk County Court House, Ladysmith, Wis."
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New High School

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Description: View across street towards the high school, with people gathered on the front steps. Caption reads: "New High School, Ladysmith, Wis."
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Residence Scene

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Description: View down sidewalk of a residential neighborhood. There is a row of two-story wood-frame houses on the left, and commercial buildings are in the distance. ...
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Log Jam on Flambeau River near Ladysmith

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Description: View of a group of men posing on a log jam in a river. Caption reads: "Log Jam on Flambeau River near Ladysmith, Wis."
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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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Camping

Date: 1935
Description: View from among trees towards three men working to pull up and secure three rowboats at a rustic log landing site on the Flambeau River. One man is still s...
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Picnic on Shore of Flambeau River

Date: 1940
Description: A man, sitting on a wooden bench, and a woman, sitting on the ground, are enjoying a picnic on the shore of the Flambeau River. There is an open plaid meta...
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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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