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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Two men pose outside Dow's store and filling station on Highway 77. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Historical marker of the Namekagon Portage on the Lac Court Oreilles Native American Reservation. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | View across intersection towards the Sawyer County Bank, with a group of people posed near its corner doorway. The Sawyer County Bank was organized on Marc... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A muskellunge caught by Louie Spray in 1939 on display at the Angler's Bar. The muskellunge weighed fifty-nine and a half pounds and was caught in Grindsto... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Exterior view toward the store. There are two gas pumps in front, and trees and a lake in the background. Caption reads: "Log cabin store at Pine Grove Res... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the dining room. Caption reads: "Dining room and main lodge at Hartel's Resort on Lost Land Lake near Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake. |
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| Description: | A view down Main Street with cars parked at an angle in front of storefronts. Caption reads: "Main Street, Hayward, Wis." |
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| Description: | Marker at the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest established by farmer Soren J. Uhrenholdt on land that was part of northern Wisconsin's "Cutover Region." A leader... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Stone retaining wall along a road leading to a northern Wisconsin resort property on Lac Court Oreilles Lake. A pavilion and buildings border the road. The... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road of clapboard buildings, one with a large enclosed front porch, bordering the roadway. There is a Cities Service Oils gas pump and a sign for... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from road of large two-story building situated along roadway. A gasoline pump is next to the building along with four fifty-five gallon drums position... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Large two-plus story log building with awnings over the windows, with a one-story attached cafe with a sign that says: MAMMOUTH GAYETY CAFE. There is a cou... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Man with oar sitting in rowboat with a motor attached, paddling near shore of Spider Lake. "Point Henry Resort" is stenciled on the side of the boat. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline of nine wooden rowboats pulled up on shore. "Hanson's" is stenciled on the bows. A low bench looks out over the tree-lined lake. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Variety of buildings reflected in Teal Lake. A wooden rowboat is tied to a pier on the lake. The Teal River is rushing over a nearby dam and along the dirt... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | View of a large rock that says "Boulder Lodge." Behind the boulder are the cottages at Boulder Lodge. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a small information center. Text on reverse reads: "Keehner's Information Center Specialists in locating you 'A Vacation Spot Sure To ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street with businesses on both sides, including drug stores, grocery stores, appliance stores and an insurance/real estate office. Automobil... |
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