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| 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: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Bob McGlinn's Dance Tavern showing the wooden dance floor with chairs and benches along the walls. In the back left corner is a stage. The... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View of a one-story log lodge, the Tavern - Crawling Stone Lodge, and a tipi with trees in the background and foreground. There is a lake behind the lodge. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | View of an automobile parked along the side of the road during a scenic drive through virgin forest near Lac du Flambeau. |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | The World Snowmobile Championship showing the track, snowmobiles, competitors, bleachers and spectators. |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | View from behind of group of spectators watching competitors at the World Snowmobile Championship. |
| 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: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Commission map from the 1920s shows roads, railroads, campsites, lookout towers, and privately owned lands in Northern Forest S... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | These two maps of the Town of Conover, Vilas County, Wisconsin, show private land holdings of a section or more as of 1927 and public lands in 1936. Acreag... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows sections, roads, rivers, and lakes in the Town of Presque Isle, Vilas County, Wisconsin as of March 1953. It do... |
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