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Wyonegonic Camp Cabin with Fireplace And Teepee

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Description: A wooden cabin with a stone chimney stands at Wyonegonic Camp, the oldest girls' camp in the United States. The cabin is surrounded by trees and a tipi sta...
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Campers and Tents

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Description: Two tents and two cabins stand in a clearing surrounded by trees. Adults and children sit and stand in the doorways of the dwellings.
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Camp Lenoloc Arts and Crafts Cabin

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Description: Girls gather around the entrance to the log Arts and Crafts cabin at Camp Lenoloc. The cabin is elevated and surrounded by trees.
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Camp Sherwood Basket Making

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Description: A group of campers sits on the porch of a cabin while making baskets at Camp Sherwood. Several others sit on a dock or wooden walkway leading from the cabi...
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Lake View Through Trees

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Description: View through a wooded area toward the lake in Itasca State Park. A cabin stands near the shoreline.
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Tapped Maple Tree

Date: 1966
Description: View of a tapped Maple tree collecting sap in a covered bucket. The forest is covered in snow, and a small cabin is in the background.
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The Home of an Early Landglade County Settler

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Description: Two-story log cabin and shed in a forest. The building was used by early settlers in Langlade County near Antigo. Caption reads: "The Home of an Early Land...
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Cabin at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View of a cabin and picnic table at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp in the Chequamegon National Forest. The cabin is surrounded by trees, and in the distance...
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Log Cabin in the Woods

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of a large, one-story log cabin. There are many windows on the front facade and a stone chimney. A line of birch trees is in the foreground.
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Continental Cabin Camp No 16 — Highway 12

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Description: View from other side of road towards the Continental Cabin Camp and Texaco station along Highway 12. There are people standing near two parked cars.
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Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake

Date: 05 1911
Description: Trout Lake was the site of the first forest planting or nursery. This camp was at the north end of Trout Lake.
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Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station

Date: 1914
Description: A view of the Lake Tomahawk ranger station taken about 1914 when the buildings were new. Shows the ranger's residence, water tower, the barn for horses wit...
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Cigar Box Cover for Nelson Dewey Cigars

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Description: Cigar box cover with a head and shoulders portrait of Nelson Dewey. Beneath his portrait is a Native American headdress, a tomahawk, a stone club and a qui...
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Guest Cottage at Balsam Lodge on Spider Lake

Date: 1950
Description: A guest cottage surrounded by pine trees. A lake partially visible in the background.

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