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Motor Boating

Date: 1940
Description: A motor boat carrying three people is leaving a small wake in the calm waters of Crawling Stone Lake as it heads toward an island. There is a worn wooden p...
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Red Arrow Camp

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards a long pier on Trout Lake leading to a diving board on the left, and diving platforms on the right. There are small sailboats t...
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The Sayner Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a tennis and a shuffleboard court, with Plum Lake in the background. Four men are playing doubles tennis, while other men are playing shuf...
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Gangster Museum

Date: 07 1937
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...
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Manitowish River Dam

Date: 08 1937
Description: Elevated view of the fish hatchery building at Manitowish Waters, seen on the left, with a portion of the rooftop sign. The log dam and "fish way" are in t...
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Moon Beach Camp

Date: 07 1957
Description: Ink drawing of a camp, with a boat tied to the shore and a pier leading into the water. Caption reads: "Moon Beach Camp, North Wisconsin Synod, Eagle River...
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Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.
Postcard

Cottage 4, Dahlkes Timberline Resort

Date: 1962
Description: View down hill towards a small guest cottage surrounded by birch and other types of trees next to Big Lake at Dahlkes Timberline Resort. Rowboats are on th...
Postcard

Sunrise Lodge

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Description: View across lawn toward the front of the lodge. Text on reverse reads, in part: "Sunrise Lodge on beautiful Lac Vieux Desert, Land O' Lakes." "Offering the...
Postcard

King's Gateway Airport

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Description: View towards a small airport with seating under umbrella's on a patio. A small plane is parked on the tarmac in the right foreground. Caption reads: "King'...
Postcard

King's Gateway Hotel

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Description: Elevated view of a hotel with multiple buildings. Heavy snow is on the ground and on the trees, and icicles are along the roofs of the buildings. Caption r...
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: View through birch trees and across a road towards a hotel. Caption reads: "The Gateway Inn — Land O' Lakes, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1960
Description: View down street towards automobiles parked at an angle in front of businesses. Businesses include a grocery store, gift store, and a Rexall Drugstore. Fur...
Postcard

Cottage Scene, Eagle Crest Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on...
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Netting Muskie

Date: 05 10 1936
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print reads: "Muskie spawning crew lifting hoop net on Big Arbor Vitae Lake, Sunday, May 10, 1936. Otto Mielke, lifting ...
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Deer Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of six hunters, one obscured, standing near four cars and a pickup truck parked at the edge of the woods. There is snow on the ground. Three ...
Postcard

Whiffle-Buck in the Northwoods of Boulder Junction

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Description: A whiffle-buck, a fictional creature made by combining antlers, fangs, and a head. It is posed as if it were peeking out from behind a felled tree. Caption...
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Fall Scene in Northern Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Sunshine brightens autumn oak and maple leaves along a narrow road identified as Razorback Trail. There are also birch and evergreen trees in the woods.
Postcard

Work of Beavers in the "Land O'Lakes"

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Description: Close-up of a tree trunk that has been chewed through. Caption reads: "Work of Beavers in the 'Land O'Lakes.'"
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Snowshoeing-Trout Lake

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake.

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