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Postcard

Aerial View of Boulder Junction

Date: 1959
Description: Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left.
Postcard

Greetings From Boulder Junction

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a sailboat in the moonlight. Text below reads: "Greetings From Boulder Junction, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh...
Photograph

Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks.
Photograph

Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia

Date: 1931
Description: View down lake shoreline on Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia. There are stairs coming down to the lake, and a bench, as well as docks, a flag pole and a d...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1937
Description: View looking down middle of Main Street. Businesses from left to right include the U.S. Post Office, Tire & Battery Service, Store - Tourist & Supplies, St...
Photograph

Main Street in Winter

Date: 1935
Description: View looking down a very snowy Main Street. Main Street businesses visible on the left include Tire and Battery Service Marathon Tires. A group of people i...
Photograph

Scenic Drive through Virgin Forest

Date: 1933
Description: View of an automobile parked along the side of the road during a scenic drive through virgin forest near Lac du Flambeau.
Photograph

World Snowmobile Championship

Date: 01 1972
Description: The World Snowmobile Championship showing the track, snowmobiles, competitors, bleachers and spectators.
Photograph

Eagle River Street Scene

Date: 01 1972
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...
Photograph

Arbutus Inn and Original Snowmobile Hall of Fame

Date: 05 1972
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...
Map or Atlas

Northern Forest State Park : Vilas County - Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from the 1920s shows roads, railroads, campsites, lookout towers, and privately owned lands in Northern Forest S...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Northern State Forest in Vilas County, Wisconsin

Date: 1933
Description: This 1933 Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows roads, railroads, trails, lakes and streams, and the Trout Lake Game Refuge in Northern State Forest (whic...
Map or Atlas

Oconomowoc Lake

Date: 1875
Description: This manuscript map by Increase Lapham, drawn in the last year of his life, shows landownership, roads and railroads, springs, and boat houses around Ocono...
Map or Atlas

Eagle River Land Company, Dealer in Farming Lands, Eagle River, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: This 1908 map shows the town and range grid, sections, cities and villages, acreages, settlers, schools, wagon roads, railroads, saw mills, and lakes, stre...
Map or Atlas

Reconnoissance Soil Map of Vilas and Portions of Adjoining Counties

Date: 1914
Description: This 1914 map shows the soil types in Vilas County, Wisconsin, and adjoining areas in Oneida, Forest, and Iron counties. Also depicted are the township and...
Map or Atlas

Sketch Map of Soils of Vilas and Portions of Adjoining Counties

Date: 1920
Description: This early 20th century map shows the soil types in Vilas County, Wisconsin, and adjoining areas in Oneida, Forest, Iron, and Price counties. Also depicted...
Map or Atlas

Vilas County Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: This map of Vilas County, Wisconsin, from the first half of the 20th century, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, road...
Map or Atlas

Map of Vilas County, Wisconsin Showing Parts of Iron, Forest & Oneida Counties

Date: 1933
Description: This mid-20th century map shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams in Vilas County,...
Map or Atlas

Topographic Base Map : Township No. 40 N, Range No. 9 E, Vilas County

Date: 1952
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows sections, roads, rivers, and lakes in the Town of Cloverland, Vilas County, Wisconsin as of February, 1952. It ...

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