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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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View on Cranberry Lake at Everett's Resort

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards lakeside cabins among birch trees at the resort on Catfish Lake, east of Eagle River off of STH 70. There is a pier in the foregr...
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man and woman sitting in an Adirondack chair at the Chippewa City Resort. Caption reads: "Chippewa City Resort, Chippewa Fa...
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Chippewa City Resort

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white postcard with three views of the cabins and guests at the Chippewa City Resort. Captions read: "Chippewa City Resort, Proprietor Prosper Le...
Photograph

At a Cabin

Date: 1957
Description: View across driveway towards Elna Krueger standing with a man and woman in the yard in front of a small cabin. Short white fences are along the driveway.
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On the Bank of a River

Date: 1957
Description: View along the shoreline of a river or lake. There are several houses or cabins on the shoreline.
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Guest Cottage at Jack O'Lantern Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: View of cottage built into a hill on Taylor Lake east of Eagle River on STH 70. Caption reads: "Guest Cottage at Jack O'Lantern Lodge — Eagle River, Wis."
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View of "The Hemlock"

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards main lodge and cabins at the Hemlock Resort on the east shore of Catfish Lake, STH 70, east of Eagle River. Caption reads: "View o...
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Indian Lake Resort

Date: 1920
Description: View toward a cabin among birch trees at the resort adjacent to the lake, on STH 17 south of Eagle River. Caption reads: "Indian Lake Resort, Eagle River, ...
Photograph

YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 05 31 1961
Description: Peggy Moore is shown with the new sign which will mark the entrance to the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich on Lake Mendota.
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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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Team of Oxen in Front of Sod Shanty

Date: 1885
Description: Team of oxen in front of a sod shanty on the Dakota plains. Two men stand behind the team on the right. The animals are hitched to a plow.
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Assaying Gold in Alaska

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. A.N. Kittelsen (left) seated at the table, his brother Bernhardt Kittelsen (right) seated on a fur covered bed, both of Stoughton, Wis. and Norman Torr...
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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
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Sid Showing Off His Catch

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Description: Full-length portrait of Sid holding a northern pike on a stringer in front of what may be a cabin.
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Mining Camp

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of a mining camp in the western United States. At this time Carl Peterson was writing letters home to Christine Jenson about his journey.
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Painting of a Man Hunting in Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a framed watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837."

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