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Boating on the Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse.
Postcard

Main Lodge at Old Mission Inn

Date: 1937
Description: Old Mission Inn on shoreline of Lake Superior, taken from end of dock. The Old Mission Inn was razed in 1965.
Postcard

Railroad Tracks near Milwaukee Bay

Date: 1937
Description: View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ...
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View Of A Lake With Fishermen and A Sailboat

Date: 1937
Description: Several people stand and fish off of a pier while a boy sits in a sailboat and another stands on shore. Trees and power lines are visible in the background...
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One of Jules Lake Chippewa Lodge Cabins

Date: 1937
Description: Log cabin on cleared land near Lake Chippewa. Nearby there is an arched log bridge over a dry gully.
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Big Eau Claire Lake from Taylor's Cabins

Date: 1937
Description: Canoes and lawn chairs at the shore of Upper Eau Claire Lake. Caption reads: "Big Eau Claire Lake From Taylors Cabins, Drummond, Wis."
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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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Aerial View of Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Nebraska Row on the lakeshore of the west side of La Pointe, showing houses, roads and piers. Nebraska Row was started in 1899 when summer r...
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Nebraska Row Summer Homes

Date: 1937
Description: View from lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior.
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Frank Woods Summer Home

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of a woman standing on lawn of the Woods mansion on Nebraska Row. Bayfield is visible on the opposite mainland shore of Lake Superior.
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Whip-Poor-Will Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of cabins and boats near shoreline of inland lake.
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Whip-Poor-Will Camp

Date: 1937
Description: Cedar shake and log cabin near lakeshore with boats. There is a man in a motorboat along the shore.
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Lifting the Nets on Lake Superior

Date: 1937
Description: Four men in a large row boat lifting fishing nets on Lake Superior near Cornucopia.
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Catch of Fish

Date: 1937
Description: Two men standing on dock each holding a lake trout.
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Morris Resort

Date: 1937
Description: View from lawn of a dog on a dock watching family fishing near shoreline of Eau Claire Lake.
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Meskans on East Lake

Date: 1937
Description: View from water of a woman wearing a bathing suit sitting on the dock in front of a cabin. Five people stand on the porch of the cabin looking out over the...
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Summer Homes on Nebraska Row

Date: 1937
Description: View from the lake of the summer homes on Nebraska Row along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The water tower and church steeple are visible on the far righ...
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Log Rolling Contest

Date: 1937
Description: Two men in a log rolling contest standing on a log with the markings "IV" in the water. One man has an umbrella and the other has a cane and hat on. Behind...
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Man and Woman Standing in Rowboat on Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: View of a man and woman getting into a wooden rowboat from a dock on Lake Owen at the Virginia Beach Cabins. Behind them a dog sits on the pier. On the far...
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Airplane View of Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Lake Owen between Cable and Drummond.

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