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Hall's Resort on Chippewa Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of an automobile parked next to a building that has a gasoline pump in front of it by the dirt road of County Trunk B. There is a hand-pai...
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Jack Frost Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn down hill looking through trees towards a pavilion, with a weathervane on the roof, on the shore of Round Lake. The far shoreline is in the ...
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort Boats

Date: 1935
Description: View from lawn of two men in a wooden rowboat on Spider Lake. There are two docks each with a wooden rowboat tied to it.
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Moody's Resort

Date: 1938
Description: View down hill towards lake of cedar sided dwellings at Moody's Resort on Spider Lake. Stones laid into the lawn form pathways.
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Liberty Camp Cottage

Date: 1935
Description: White clapboard cottage near shore of Little Spider Lake.
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Smeade's Cloverleaf Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Variety of buildings reflected in Teal Lake. A wooden rowboat is tied to a pier on the lake. The Teal River is rushing over a nearby dam and along the dirt...
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Lifting the Nets

Date: 1935
Description: Five men in three wooden row boats lifting fyke nets out of northern Wisconsin lake. The men are doing conservation work, netting for walleyes and muskies.
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Conservation Work

Date: 1935
Description: Two men in a wooden rowboat checking a fyke net on a northern Wisconsin lake. One man is standing, holding a fishing net full of walleyes.
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Fertilizing Pike Eggs

Date: 1935
Description: Three men standing in water near shore in northern Wisconsin lake. Two of the men are wearing waders, and they are using a ladle for dipping between a wash...
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Getting Pike Eggs

Date: 1935
Description: Two men, each in a wooden row boat, collect pike fish from a fyke net on a northern Wisconsin lake. One man is standing in his boat holding a fish net hold...
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Brule River Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: A one-story building is situated amongst young evergreens and surrounded by stone walls containing river raceways for spawning fish. A group of people are ...
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Cabin at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of people sitting inside the screen porch of a log cabin in the woods near Eau Claire Lakes.
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The Landing at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Numerous boat docks along shoreline of one of the Eau Claire Lakes.
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Dam and Fishway at Brookside Resort

Date: 1935
Description: Rustic wooden dam and bridge between two of the Eau Claire Lakes in southwest Bayfield County.
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Lakewood Country Club

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with people sledding, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and preparing for snowshoeing at Lakewood Country Club.
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Briar Cliff on Diamond Lake

Date: 1937
Description: House, garage, and cottage on shoreline of Diamond Lake.
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Hunter's Home

Date: 1936
Description: Log cabin with a porch in a clearing of young trees close to the shore of Jackson Lake.
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Trapper's Lake Tavern

Date: 1937
Description: Gas pump and automobile next to a tavern on county Road D near Clam Lake.
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The Pines on Upper Ghost Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Automobile ruts leading through trees past dwellings on a hill.
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Apostle Island Lakeshore

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of sandstone cliffs and caves on Lake Superior shoreline.

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