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View of Spooner, Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: View of a residential street. Caption reads: "A Residence Street in Spooner, Wisc."
Postcard

Views of Spooner

Date: 1905
Description: Six views of Spooner, including the Omaha train depot, Main Street, an Episcopal church, the town hall, and a residential street. Caption reads: "Greetings...
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View of Spooner, Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: View of a street scene, with the Spooner State Bank in the foreground, and the William Busch Meat Market and a confectionary further down the street. Capti...
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

Omaha Depot

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Omaha Depot. Caption reads: "Omaha Depot, Spooner, Wis."
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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."
Postcard

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View across unpaved towards the left side of main street in Shell Lake, with a hardware store and post office on the left, and people standing along the si...
Photograph

Elevated view of Shell Lake

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

Shell Lake

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake looking towards the sawmills.
Photograph

Shell Lake Roller Milling Company

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across railroad tracks towards the Shell Lake Roller Milling Company. There is a man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon outside the entrance.
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

Indian Head Sandwich Shop and Filling Station

Date: 1941
Description: Indian Head Sandwich Shop, filling station, and rest rooms.
Photograph

Sewer Shoveling

Date: 1935
Description: As part of a Wisconsin unemployment project, workmen dig a sewer trench by hand for the city of Spooner.
Postcard

Delivery of Auto Buggies

Date: 03 23 1909
Description: Five International Harvester Auto Buggies with men sitting inside are on a dirt road in front of the Spooner Lumber Company. Caption reads: "Delivery of I....
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...
Map or Atlas

Agricultural and Dairy Lands in Reliable Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: This early 20th century map shows the township and range system, sections, railroads, roads, lakes, wetlands, and streams in the western Sawyer County town...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washburn County, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This 1896 map of Washburn County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, schools, wagon roads, cities and villages, settlers, railroads, a...

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