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Fisherman by River

Date: 
Description: Fisherman cooking on campfire at the edge of a river.
Postcard

Spooner Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View of Spooner Lake from Jones Cottages. Caption reads: "Spooner Lake from Jones Cottages Spooner, Wis."
Postcard

State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: View of the State Fish Hatchery with a boat in the foreground. Caption reads: "View at State Fish Hatchery Spooner, Wis."
Photograph

Railroad Station and Yards

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a railroad station and yards.
Postcard

Grade School

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of a grade school. Caption reads: "Grade School — Spooner Wis."
Photograph

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake before a fire on December 3, 1889 which swept Main Street and destroyed more than twenty business places.
Postcard

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View of Shell Lake. There are railroad tracks i the foreground. Caption reads: "Shell Lake Wis."
Photograph

Elevated view of Shell Lake

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake looking northwest.
Postcard

Shell Lake High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a high school with people sitting and standing on the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Shell Lake High School Shell Lake Wis."
Photograph

Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Two workmen stack crates of cranberries in an open air drying shed. The original caption which was supplied by the Agriculture Department noted that Wiscon...
Photograph

Cranberry Warehouse

Date: 09 1934
Description: View of a cranberry marsh and warehouse. In the foreground is a warehouse for the storage of harvested cranberries.
Photograph

Cranberry Drying and Storage

Date: 1934
Description: Hand-colored image of two men loading cranberries in crates into an open air drying shed shortly after harvest.
Photograph

Badger Cranberry Company Harvest

Date: 09 1934
Description: Three men, in waders, harvesting cranberries by hand with cranberry rakes. In the background other harvesting teams are visible, as well as crates of harve...
Photograph

New Cranberry Bed

Date: 09 1934
Description: Newly cleared cranberry marshes. In the center a man stands near a man-made irrigation ditch. To the left and right of the ditch are large piles of roots a...
Photograph

Drainage and Water Supply

Date: 09 1934
Description: Construction of a new drainage and water supply line for a cranberry marsh. Two men are standing on the right near the water.
Print

Washburn County Treasurer Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Washburn County Treasurer's office, with a three-quarter view of the county building and people walking on the grounds. Text is in decora...
Postcard

Terrace at Fred Thomas Resort on Big Chetac Lake

Date: 
Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of a lawn with stone terraces and birch trees leading down to a lake on the left. There is a cabin in the background n...
Photograph

Frame Church

Date: 1920
Description: View of frame church in a pastoral landscape.
Photograph

Garver Feed and Supply Company

Date: 03 05 2012
Description: Exterior view of the Garver Feed and Supply Company building, which formerly housed the U.S. Sugar Company. Snow is on the ground.
Photograph

Lake Nancy Dam

Date: 1936
Description: Two groups of men are standing on a temporary wooden bridge over the Totogatic River. There is a large form in place on the left and a complete concrete wi...

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