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| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At Lost Lake Resort, Sayner, Wis." The lodge at a Northern Wisconsin resort is built of logs. Chairs are arranged around the fireplac... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sayners Resort, Sayner, Wis." A large, multi-story, hotel-like resort surrounded by trees. A balcony runs around the main floor, part... |
| Date: | 08 22 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Plum Creek, near Jack Pine Lodge, Sayner, Wis." View of a creek with brush covered shores, and trees in the distance. |
| Date: | 07 16 1981 |
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| Description: | Text on the reverse reads: "Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church, Sayner, Wisconsin 54560. Pastor W. Wiberg." An A-frame style church with wings built of ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat... |
| Date: | 07 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Sayner, Wisconsin." A herd of white-tailed deer walk past a feeding station filled with hay in the snowy woods. |
| Date: | 07 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Plum Lake near Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wis. Greetings - Eagle River, Wis." View of Plum Lake with a boathouse and piers at Sayner Lod... |
| Date: | 07 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cottages South of the Waldheim, Star Lake, Wis." View across lake towards boathouses and docks on the shore of Star Lake, with cottag... |
| Date: | 01 02 1941 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Star Lake Store - Star Lake, Wis." J. Mykleby & Son General Merchandise store on an unpaved road with two other dwellings in the dist... |
| Date: | 06 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evening, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." As the sun sets, a group of men on a pier watch another man in a canoe on the lake. A sailboat is mo... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows, a screened porch and a rubble stone chimney. I... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with a large screened porch, surrounded by trees. Trout Lake is lo... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows and a screened porch. It is surrounded by trees... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Shore Line, Camp Osoha for Girls, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Trout Lake, Wisconsin. A distinguished camp for girls 6 to 18 ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake, Wis." A two-story log building with a rubble stone foundation. The porch and stairs have ornate pin... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hilltop, Meinel's Resort, Winchester, Wisconsin." A stamp on the reverse reads: "Timberlane Lodge, 'Formerly Meinel's Resort,' Winche... |
| Date: | 07 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bay View Lodge on Presque Isle Lake, Winegar, Wisconsin." A forested point of land jutting into Presque Isle Lake. The far shore is i... |
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