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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Pioneer Home of Nels Wickstrom

Date: 1891
Description: This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing...
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Joseph McCarthy in a Pensive Mood

Date: 11 1946
Description: A vigorous campaigner, Joseph R. McCarthy relaxes in front of a log cabin fireplace after his electoral campaign.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Fireplace in kitchen wing of the Doty Loggery, the home of James Duane Doty. A clock rests on the fireplace mantle, with a kettle on the hearth.
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Basket Making

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Description: View of old man making baskets and an old woman sewing outside of a log cabin. Other handmade wooden items appear throughout the image and tools hang on th...
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Main Lodge at Moody's Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room at the lodge at Moody's Camp on Spider Lake. There are numerous chairs, an upright piano with a world globe sit...
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Living Room at Main Lodge of Moody's Camp

Date: 1935
Description: A large stone fireplace with a roaring fire is on one wall of the living room. The room has log walls and exposed ceiling beams. A variety of chairs, inclu...
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Cottages at Park

Date: 1912
Description: Two cottages at a park near Brodhead. One has a sign that reads, "Davis Junction."
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Group in front of Log Cabin

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Description: A woman (seated) and four men pose in front of a log building with a tree stump in the foreground. One man is holding a rifle, and is also holding a dog on...
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Dining Room at Ottawa Lodge

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of a corner of the dining room at Ottawa Lodge in the U.P. Visible are the log walls, wood tables and chairs, windows with curtains and a dee...
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Porch in the Woods

Date: 1921
Description: The porch of the Hotz cottage at Europe Lake, furnished with a rustic table, chairs and benches; the table has been set for a meal. The cottage and porch a...
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Large Group of People Posing in Yard near House

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Description: Large group of people posing with a horse in the yard next to a house with chink-log construction. From the left in front is an elderly woman sitting in a ...
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People Posing in Front of Log House

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Description: Group portrait of people sitting in a row, with a man and woman in the center, and two young girls flanking them. Behind them standing, on the left, is a y...
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People Posing in Front of Log House

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Description: View across lawn of group posing in front of a log house, which has two large windows on either side of the open door. A man and woman are sitting in chair...
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People Posing in Front of Log Farmhouse

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Description: View across yard towards a group of eight people posing in front of a log house. On the left two young women are standing near an older woman, who is sitti...
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Cabin Interior

Date: 1918
Description: The interior corner of a cabin, showing a number of banners hanging from the ceiling and the fireplace. Other items in the room are a portrait of General J...
Postcard

Log House on River Road

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard view of a log cabin with a front porch and vines growing on the side. Caption reads: "Log House on River Road, Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

The House by the Side of the Road — Fallhall Glen Resort

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a log resort and filling station on the side of a dirt road. Caption reads: "The House by the Side of the Road — Fallhall Gle...
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Rustic Cabin at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View from footbridge of a guest log cabin among trees at the Birchcliff Hotel.

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