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| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish poet and author of fairy tales. Inscription at bottom of card reads, "H... |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of Paul Bunyan carrying his blue ox Babe, when Babe was a calf. |
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| Description: | Hodag standing on a board balanced on logs near a road. There is a gasoline filling station in the background. |
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| Description: | Man in a long coat and hat standing with the large Paul Bunyan drum, which is mounted on wheels. |
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| Description: | Sid standing in his kitchen looking at a sculpture of a Viking troll set up on a stool. |
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| Description: | Sid is standing in his kitchen looking at a sculpture of a Viking troll set up on a stool. |
| Date: | 09 18 2014 |
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| Description: | View of the Annie Stewart Memorial Fountain. The base of the circular fountain is decorated with a repeated motif of shells and flowers. A sculpture is at ... |
| Date: | 07 20 2015 |
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| Description: | Ceramic mask of the Green Man hanging on a white stucco wall. |
| Date: | 07 25 2015 |
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| Description: | Carved wooden figure of a Nisse playing a fiddle. The figure has a long white beard and is wearing a red cap. Norwegian words carved into the base of the f... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A family looking at a sculpture of a Hodag in a glass case at the Rhinelander Logging Museum. |
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| Description: | Framed mural depicting two men struggling against each other. One is holding an axe. Caption reads: "Fight incident from Paul Bunyan legend. Mural painting... |
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