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Lumber Camp Cook Shanty

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Description: Two men preparing a meal in a lumber camp shanty or bunkhouse.
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John F. Deitz

Date: 05 1924
Description: John F. Deitz holding a Luger pistol on a visit to Cameron Dam.
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Chippewa Medicine Man and His Family

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Description: Chippewa (Ojibwa) medicine man John King, with his wife, grandchild, and family standing near a birch wigwam on the Lake Court Oreilles reservation. John K...
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King House

Date: 1925
Description: King house, owned by Joseph King, on a high bank above the Chippewa River near western end of Dead Lake. According to King, the house was formerly a tavern...
Postcard

Walter and Virginia Ross at Ross Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L...
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View of Reserve, Wisconsin

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Description: View down unpaved road towards several buildings.
Postcard

Rectory of Roman Catholic Church

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the rectory of a Roman Catholic church, the residence of Father Philip Gordon. Caption reads: "Reserve Wis."
Photograph

Family Portrait of Deitz Family

Date: 12 1910
Description: Photograph hanging on the wall of the family cabin of John F. Deitz. The glass of the picture was broken by a bullet piercing the walls between the logs in...
Postcard

Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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Hayward Indian School Group

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait, perhaps consisting of students and faculty at Hayward Indian School. One man in the back row holds a cello.
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Isham Family

Date: 1898
Description: Ira Robinson Isham family at the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation. From left to right: Isham's son-in-law, Isham, his daughter, and Indian medicine m...
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Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of loggers and support staff in a lumber camp. In front (holding dog) is T.J. Thompson, a man that traveled using a sled pulled by his dog. ...
Photograph

Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of loggers in a lumber camp. In front, seated on his sled, is T.J. Thompson. He traveled among the lumber camps between Winter and Raddison,...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1897
Description: This 1897 map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, dams, bridges, Indian r...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Print

Historyland's Logging Camp Cook Shanty Menu

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Description: Menu of daily meat specials under the heading "Come And Get It!" from the Logging Camp Cook Shanty restaurant at Historyland. On the left is a black and wh...
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1932
Description: An early view of the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several automobiles in the background, and people sit on benches under the trees.
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Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people having a picnic at the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several cars and trucks in the background, and a small building. The picnic tables...
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Ojibwa Roadside Park

Date: 1940
Description: Several small groups of people are scattered about the roadside park among picnic tables. There are parked automobiles, and a small building.
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Dedication of the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: A group of people are gathered outdoors for the dedication.

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