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Mr. Bearskin

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Description: Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first cur...
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Baum And Hasler

Date: 1933
Description: Baum and Hasler building lime floats at Trout Lake.
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Planting Seedlings

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Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
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Girls on Madeline Island Dock

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Description: Seven girls lined up on Madeline Island Dock.
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Rib Mountain

Date: 1936
Description: A view from below of a lookout area filled with visitors on Rib Mountain.
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In the Beer Vault

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved image of three men in a dark room examining kegs of beer by candlelight.
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Luther Dixon

Date: 1865
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Luther Swift Dixon at age 40.
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Sue Ann Hackett on Outdoor Camping Trip

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett kneeling and holding a tin cup on an outdoor camping trip. There is a tarp in the foreground with dishes and food containers. Birch trees a...
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Alma and Tessa Sailing

Date: 09 08 1916
Description: Sisters Alma, in dark glasses, and Tessa (Clara Theresa) Schmidt aboard the "Water Witch" at the pier at Black Point. Both women are wearing long white dre...
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The Schmidt Children with their Grandmothers

Date: 1900
Description: Mrs. Conrad (Catherine Orb) Seipp, left, and Mrs. Ernst (Theresa Weikhardt) Schmidt join their grandchildren, from left, Alma Catherine, Clara Theresa (Tes...
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Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
Description: A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an...
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Child Building Snowman

Date: 1913
Description: A child building a snowman in front of the Herman Taylor home.
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Man with Child

Date: 1910
Description: An Indian man is standing and holding a small child in his hands in an Indian village by Namakan Lake. Another man is standing behind them, and a wikiup is...
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Charles E. Brown

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Description: Portrait of Charles Brown. He is sitting outdoors on the grass leaning against a tree trunk and holding a plant in his left hand.

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