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| Description: | A large, ominous fish jumps over a red canoe, attempting to eat the man in the canoe. The man, wearing a brown suit, dives into the water. The card's capti... |
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| Description: | Two men, wearing straw hats and overalls, stand in a canoe while attempting to reel in a giant fish. The sun is setting on the horizon in the background. T... |
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| Description: | View from lake of the buildings of the Sunflower Cottage Resort. People are canoeing and boating in the lake in front of the resort, and a few people are s... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View from water of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge. Probably over a stretch of Kawaguasaga Lake. There is a stairway leading to the wate... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a tent and canoe in the woods by a lake. |
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| Description: | Two views of Bear Lake. The top is a daylight view with some fall color. The one below is at sunset, with two people in a canoe on the lake. Caption reads:... |
| Date: | 08 05 1916 |
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| Description: | View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking up the Pecatonica River. Caption reads: "Pecatonica River, Darlington, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| 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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| Description: | View across lake towards the Gonring's Resort from Cedar Lake. Along the shoreline are two buildings, a parking lot and a boat landing. Caption reads: "Gon... |
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| Description: | Color reproduction of a metal sculpture of two explorers standing near upended canoe. Text on reverse reads: "The First Northern Voyageurs Sculpture b... |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Mural Decoration, Brown County Courthouse." Text on reverse reads: "This mural decoration, on the south wall of the east entrance hall, rep... |
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| Description: | A bathing beach on an island near a bridge, with people in the water and on the beach within an enclosed area. A canoe and rowboat are pulled up on the sho... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him. |
| Date: | 01 20 1916 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a boathouse, with a canoe on the water nearby. There are two bridges, and abuilding is on hill in the background on the left. Caption read... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The bluffs and lake appear hazy beyond an unpaved road and simple wooden bridge at Devil's Lake State Park. A man or boy at the shoreline can be seen throu... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View down a dock with two boats on either side. A man is standing on the one on the left. There is a boathouse on the lakeshore, with several canoes and ro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on... |
| Date: | 07 13 1918 |
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| Description: | View of Seven Pines Lodge, a north woods resort. A log structure is on a hill, and a stream is at the bottom of the steps. Caption reads: "'Seven Pines' Le... |
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