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Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia

Date: 1931
Description: View down lake shoreline on Lake Manitowish at Little Bohemia. There are stairs coming down to the lake, and a bench, as well as docks, a flag pole and a d...
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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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Francis T. Johnson

Date: 1931
Description: Francis Johnson, teacher at the Mayo School, District No. 1, standing beside a screened porch. The porch has a rustic log railing and stone foundation. The...
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Eagle Lake

Date: 1931
Description: Bare trees are silhouetted against the sunlight reflected on Eagle Lake.
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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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Residence of Francis Johnson

Date: 1931
Description: View from street of a two-story "boomtown" style building which was the residence of Francis Johnson, teacher at the Mayo School, District No. 1, Town of W...
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The School at Work

Date: 1931
Description: Students work at their desks in the Mayo School, District No. 1. A row of books forms the foreground; history lessons from the time of reconstruction after...
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The Inventor

Date: 1931
Description: Joe Mietus, 16, poses at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Has invented several home made farm tools. Also has...
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Gene Mayo

Date: 1931
Description: Gene Mayo, 14, poses in front of double doors holding his cap. He is a student at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is writ...
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Young House

Date: 1931
Description: Pictured in a heart-shaped frame is a story and one-half house with vertical log siding on the lower floor with a stand of large pine trees in the backgrou...
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Tom Simoc

Date: 1931
Description: Tom Simoc, 14, poses with a Guernsey cow near a log barn. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Won prizes at Co. Fair, 1930." Tom was the son of N...

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