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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Star Lake, Arbor Vitae Township, with the railroad tracks of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway on right and lake on the left. |
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| Description: | Two boys, probably brothers, using a small boat with outboard motor. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Wet boathouse that belonged to Don Walkins, on Catfish Lake. A woman stands on a pier near a boat. |
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| Description: | View across water toward The Cherry on the shoreline among trees. Caption reads: "'The Cherry' at Everett's Resort, Eagle River, Wis." |
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| Description: | A wooded lakeside scene at Wilsie's WHite Birch Lodge including a small bridge and a footpath leading to picnic tables. Caption reads: "Scene at Wilsie's W... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline through trees of a wet boathouse at The Morey Resort. Caption reads: "Boat House, The Morey Resort, Eagle River, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 02 1925 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a poster promoting Camp Milo on White Sand Lake. On it are photographs of the cabins, tents, lake, and boats on the shore. |
| Date: | 06 18 1929 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Williams' Bay on Boulder Lake. Caption reads: "Williams' Bay, Boulder Lake, Boulder Jct., Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard from hill of White Sand Lake seen through trees. A raft with a diving platform is near the shoreline. Caption reads: "White Sand Lake... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks. |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | Men with rakes and wearing waders work knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on a flooded marsh. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Bare trees are silhouetted against the sunlight reflected on Eagle Lake. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from water of a child playing near a playpen on the lawn of a one and one-half story cottage on a slope along the shore of a lake. There is a stone se... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Picnic party on the rocks along the shore, among the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards the new boat house constructed of Norway pine logs at Trout Lake. It is part of the forest ranger complex. Caption reads: "Boa... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across water of the east shore of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore. Trout Lake, Vilas Co. Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight. The marker text reads: "FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI... |
| Date: | 11 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men, Mackie, Breuer, and Harrington, are standing in front of Laura Lake. The far shoreline is in the far background. Laura Lake was surveyed by the ... |
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