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Cherry Mine Disaster Survivor and Family

Date: 11 1909
Description: Group portrait of a family. Caption reads: "W.H. Clelland and Family. One of the Cherry Mine survivers [sic]. It is this man who was said to have le...
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Peterson Block

Date: 1900
Description: A group of men with children are standing outside a storefront on the Peterson Block in Emerald. Caption reads: "Petersons Block, Emerald Wis".
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Genoa State Bank

Date: 1905
Description: Genoa State Bank with a small group of people gathered on its porch. Caption reads: "Genoa State Bank, Genoa, Wis."
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Man and Boy near Bee Box

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Description: An artists rendition of a man showing a boy bees in a beehive. Caption reads: "'There, sonny! See the yellow pollen on their legs? They are carrying bee-br...
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Shell Lake High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a high school with people sitting and standing on the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Shell Lake High School Shell Lake Wis."
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Rhinelander High

Date: 1920
Description: View up sidewalk toward the high school. A man and a child are standing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "High School, Rhinelander, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Trout on Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Photomontage of a giant trout resting on the back of a bright red flatbed pickup truck. Children look on with awe; one is pointing at the trout. White curs...
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Tall-tale Postcard: A Kansas Air Ship

Date: 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant grasshopper lifting an anchored basket with a baby girl inside. The rope tethered to the basket has a large American flag attached ...
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Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Chruch. There are five people, probably a family, posing in front of the building. Caption reads: "Norwe...
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Parson's Indian Village

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Description: Exterior view of Parson's Indian Village, a tourist attraction on Highway 12 styled after a Zuni pueblo. Caption reads: "Zuni Pueblo-Parson's Indian Villag...
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Singer Advertising Card - Servian [Serbian] Man with Children

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a man and two children in "native" Servian [Serbian] costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All N...
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Exercise at a Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a large group of school children exercising in the schoolyard. Boys and girls are on separate sides of the yard. All are the students are ...
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Crowd at Sporting Event

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Description: View from track towards a crowd of men, women, and children in front of and behind a fence at a sporting event. On the left, a man who is possibly a police...
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Scene at Vilas Park

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard showing people strolling around the grounds of the recently-opened Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "A Visit to the...
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Monkey Island

Date: 1959
Description: Monkey Island, a popular attraction at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). It was built in the 1930s as a WPA project and modeled after one in the Hagen...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Family

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Description: A studio portrait of a young family posing in front of a painted backdrop. A woman is standing on the right in the back, wearing a skirt, ruffled blouse, a...
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A Merry Christmas

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard showing Santa Claus peeking around a curtain to look in on two girls sleeping in a bed. Their clothes are draped over the footboard. Santa...
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New Year Greetings

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard of a family in a car. It is decorated with flowers, foliage and ribbons. The parents are inside the car, and the son is sitting on the hoo...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1909
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus with a walking stick, and a little girl. Santa is wearing a long red fur-trimmed coat and a red hat, and is carrying a sack...
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Wishing You Christmas Cheer

Date: 1908
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing his traditional red, fur-trimmed suit and hat, and black belt. He has a sack full of toys and is placing some of t...

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