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Tall-tale Postcard: Nip and Tuck

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of a man fishing. The man, wearing waders and up to his knees in water, is struggling to reel in a giant bass. The words "Nip & Tuck with a Ba...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Swallowed The Pole And All

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a man pulling a giant fish into his rowboat. As the text box in the lower left corner--which reads "Swallowed The Pole and All"--suggests,...
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Windsor Mine Shaft on Fire

Date: 05 02 1910
Description: The postcard shows billowing smoke from the Hurley, Wisconsin Windsor mine shaft. Two men who were in the mine at the time lost their lives. A group of boy...
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Camp Keewatin

Date: 10 24 1911
Description: Elevated view of the camp along a lake.
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Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake

Date: 12 01 1911
Description: An elevated view from hill of Pokegama Camp at Spider Lake. Caption reads: "Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake, Mercer, Wis."
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Cary Mine Office and Machine Shop

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Description: View of the Cary Mine office building. Caption reads: "Cary Mine Office & Machine Shop, Hurley, Wis.
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Cary Mine

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Description: View of the Cary iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the right foreground. Caption reads: "Cary Mine, Hurley, Wis."
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Greetings from Hurley The Nightlife Capital

Date: 1959
Description: Two views of Hurley. At the top is the Cary Mine. On the bottom is Silver Street lined with clubs and electric signs. Caption reads: "Greetings from Hurley...
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Holiday Inn

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Description: Five views from the Holiday Inn. Includes the Holiday Inn sign, interior view of the lobby, pool, restaurant and a guest room. Caption reads: "Holiday Inn,...
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Camping Trailers

Date: 08 1937
Description: Camping trailers and automobiles are parked in a wooded area. Several trailers have awnings over the windows. The caption on the negative envelope reads" "...
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Tea Room Cottage

Date: 08 1937
Description: A small vertical log cabin is adorned with canvas awnings over window boxes and patterned shingle roof. There is a chimney at the rear, and the front doubl...
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Dining Room at Voss Birchwood Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: Interior view of the restaurant's dining room. Caption reads: "Dining Room at Voss Birchwood Lodge, Manitowish, Wisconsin."
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Voss' Birchwood Lodge

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Description: View down sidewalk towards cottages at a northwoods lodge. Caption reads: "Voss' Birchwood Lodge, Manitowish, Wis."
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Lance's 'Sylvan Lodge'

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Description: View of a resort cottage. The cottage has two doors on the left side, and two doors on the front. Caption reads: "Lance's 'Sylvan Lodge,' Manitowish, Wis."
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View of Long Lake

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Description: Elevated view of Long Lake with two small islands. A building is on the far shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Long Lake, Mercer, Wis."
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Out for a Stroll

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Description: View towards a black bear walking up a road. Text reads: "Out for a Stroll, Greetings from Mercer, Wisconsin."
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The Oasis

Date: 1912
Description: View from water towards a shoreline and a log cabin in the woods by a lake. Rowboats and a small pier are at the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Oasis, Merc...
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Echo Lodge, Echo Lake

Date: 1947
Description: View across lake towards cottages on the shoreline surrounded by pine trees. A rowboat and canoe are on the shore. Caption reads: "Echo Lodge, Echo Lake, M...
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Beaver Lodge

Date: 1953
Description: View towards a man wearing a hat and tall boots who is standing with his hand on a large wheel, perhaps a mill wheel, which is leaning against trees on the...
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Manitowish Depot

Date: 1930
Description: Herbert E. Brumder standing near a suitcase, large bag and other parcels resting on the ground at the small Chicago Northwestern Railroad depot at Manitowi...

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