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Wisconsin Cottage

Date: 1927
Description: Four people and a dog pose in front of a small cottage with a large fieldstone fireplace. They are, from left: Armin Duchow and his father George, Potter, ...
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Mayo School

Date: 1931
Description: Students pose in front of the Mayo School, District No. 1. There are large pine trees around the one-story building and a low fence in front. A "Mayo Schoo...
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Ohnstein Cottage

Date: 1931
Description: View from water of a child playing near a playpen on the lawn of a one and one-half story cottage on a slope along the shore of a lake. There is a stone se...
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Graduation

Date: 1929
Description: Seven pupils graduating from the Mayo School, District No. 1, posing sitting in a row in their classroom. The room has been decorated with flowers, crepe p...
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Picnic Grove

Date: 1930
Description: Students of the Mayo School, District No. 1, have gathered with their families for a picnic at a grove on the Deerskin River. Automobiles are parked under ...
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Woman in front of Lodge

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Description: A woman wearing a long coat and hat, and holding a handbag is standing in front of a lodge.
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Trout Lake Nursery

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Description: Elevated view of the nursery. Men are standing among the plantings. The barn is on the right.
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: View of The Gateway Inn, with automobiles parked on front.
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: View across road towards the front of the Gateway Inn. A man is standing in front, and cars are parked along the curb and in the lot on the left.
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Professor E.A. Birge's Laboratory

Date: 1925
Description: Equipment is set-up in a laboratory at Trout Lake. A map of Oneida County is on the far wall between two windows.
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Ice Push

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "Showing evidence of 'ice push,' or the piling up of lake shore sand as a result of the expansion of the...
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Ice Push

Date: 1925
Description: View along shoreline of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "Showing evidence of 'ice push,' or the piling up of lake shore sand as a result of the expansion of the...
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"Very Accidental" Intersection

Date: 1937
Description: View of curve in unpaved road, with a guard rail on the right. There is erosion underneath trees just beyond the curve of the road. A road sign on the righ...
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Trout Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across water towards the shoreline of Trout Lake. There is a thin, sandy beach, and trees all along the curved shoreline.
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Dr. Birge at Trout Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Caption reads: "Dr. Birge, probably at Trout Lake." He is sitting in a car. There is a boat covered by a tarp on a trailer behind the car. A lake is in the...
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Dr. Birge at Trout Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Dr. Birge sitting in a boat, probably at Trout Lake. The outboard motor on the boat has been tilted out of the water. A wooded shoreline is in the distance...

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