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Tall-tale Postcard: Caught in Rock Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two largemouth bass hanging from the side of a building, with curious on-lookers observing the scene. The building is a dry goods store own...
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Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
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The Big Muscalunge [sic] 53 1/2 inches, Weight 40 lbs

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view of a boy with a large muskie displayed on a table in front of him. Caption reads: "66 - The Big Muscalunge 53 1/2 inches, Weight...
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Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
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"Daddy Caught These" at the Everett Resort

Date: 1905
Description: Fish display, showing a small girl standing in front of Walleyes caught at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. Caption reads: "'...
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Feely's Pike Lake Resort

Date: 1906
Description: Postcard with the title: "Feely's Pike Lake Resort is the greatest place on earth for rest and relaxation." There is a photographic view of a man and woman...
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Greetings from Island Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Caption reads: "Greetings from Island Lake, Wis." Handwritten at bottom: "A muskellunge — length 40 inches, weight 21 1/2 lbs."
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
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The Buckhorn

Date: 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-...
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The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete withou...

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