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| Description: | A stagecoach full of people is outside the post office on snow-covered ground, waiting to leave town. Text on image reads: "Stage, Leaving Arbor Vitae, Wis... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | The Little Bohemia Lodge where John Dillinger and his gang escaped from the FBI after a shootout in 1934. The lodge was visited by members of the crew for ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man feeds a bear in a large cage at the Gateway Inn. A group of people are gathered at the right side of the cage. |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Winter scene on Wall Street. Two women cross the street and many cars are parked at the curb. Men appear in the background. Many business signs can be seen... |
| Date: | 05 1972 |
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| Description: | Spring scene on Wall Street. The building is the Arbutus Inn, hotel, bar and dining room. It was also the original Snowmobile Hall of Fame. Two boys are st... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Students pose in front of the Mayo School, District No. 1. There are large pine trees around the one-story building and a low fence in front. A "Mayo Schoo... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Seven pupils graduating from the Mayo School, District No. 1, posing sitting in a row in their classroom. The room has been decorated with flowers, crepe p... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Forestors W.A. Sylvester and William Bjorge posing with Executive Director M.N. Taylor next to a sign at the Trees for Tomorrow Conservation Camp. There is... |
| Date: | 08 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people standing or sitting on the side of a road. Many of them are sitting on the back of their cars. A truck, decorated in pin... |
| Date: | 06 19 1936 |
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| Description: | One man is working on a ladder near the side door of a one and one half story, masonry block building with five garage bays. There are two men on the right... |
| Date: | 07 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Seven-year-old Russell Jefferson, right, is standing holding his rod and reel next to his father, Dan Jefferson. Dan is holding the 38 pound, 6 ounce muski... |
| Date: | 07 1937 |
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| Description: | A small cottage with a tarpaper roof houses the "Gangster Museum" on the grounds of Little Bohemia. The corner of the main lodge is at far left, and Little... |
| Date: | 02 15 1955 |
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| Description: | A passenger waiting for a train in front of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station on a clear and cold evening. The person is holding a lamp, and a ... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road towards The Gateway Inn. There are striped awnings over the windows, and on the left are chairs near a table with an umbrella. Cap... |
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| Description: | A man is standing outdoors next to a sign that reads: "Northern State Forest, State Forest Headquarters, District Forest Ranger, State Forest Nursery. Wisc... |
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| Description: | View across road towards the front of the Gateway Inn. A man is standing in front, and cars are parked along the curb and in the lot on the left. |
| Date: | 01 02 1941 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Star Lake Store - Star Lake, Wis." J. Mykleby & Son General Merchandise store on an unpaved road with two other dwellings in the dist... |
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