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| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View down center of street in downtown Eagle River, with traffic, pedestrians, and automobiles parked along the curb. There are storefronts and signs on bo... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator and Mrs. Joseph R. McCarthy at the Gateway Hotel in Land O'Lakes. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the trading post at Willie's White Birch Lodge. Fishing lures are on display on the back wall behind a counter with signs that read: "Pat'... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the dining room which shows tables set for a meal. Large picture windows have views of the lake and woods surrounding the resort, and above the win... |
| Date: | 07 14 1958 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a cottage path at Syd's Resort of the Woods. Many cottages can be seen through the trees, and a lawn swing is on the right. Many o... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an aerial view of town. There is a lake in the background in the upper left. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | This 1956 map shows sections, cities and villages, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams in the Eagle River area. All or part of the towns of Plum Lake, ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly Benton C. Black, delivering films to Campo Fiesta at Trout Lake. The delivery is being made in a Seabee seaplane by the Amphibious Motion P... |
| 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: | 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the camp, including a numbered index of the buildings. Used as an application form for a forestry workshop. Founded in 1944, located at 519 ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fall color on Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain of Lakes. There is a boathouse on shoreline at the right obscured by trees. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | This map shows roads, golf courses, airports, fire towers, schools, camp grounds, rivers, streams, lakes, and railroads. The right margin of the map includ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Neil LeMany, Chief Forest Ranger at the Forest Protection Headquarters in Tomahawk, C.L. Harrington, superintendent of the Forest and Parks Division of the... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Reeds and lily pads growing in the waters of Bass Lake. Trees line the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 07 1957 |
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| 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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