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Postcard

Aerial View of Lake Owen

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Description: Photographic postcard of an aerial view of Lake Owen near Cable. Most of the lake is located within the Chequamegon National Forest. Caption reads: "Air Vi...
Postcard

Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall on Lake Namakagon. Lake Namakagon is located in the Chequamegon National Forest. Caption re...
Postcard

Chalet at Mt. Telemark

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Description: Color postcard of an elevated view of the Chalet at Mt. Telemark and surrounding area, and many skiers and several ski lifts.
Postcard

Vacation Paradise

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Description: Color postcard of a view of a lake from a shoreline. A power boat and a fishing boat can be seen through the trees. "Cable, Wisc." is printed in red on the...
Photograph

CCC Camp Moquah National Forest

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view over trees of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp, Moquah National Forest near Washburn, showing two buildings and about twenty-one te...
Photograph

Cabin at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp

Date: 1937
Description: View of a cabin and picnic table at Pigeon Lake Organization Camp in the Chequamegon National Forest. The cabin is surrounded by trees, and in the distance...
Photograph

Scenery on Lake Namakagon

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Description: Elevated view of the sun shining through clouds over a lake, identified as Lake Namakagon. In the foreground are trees, and more trees are visible on the o...
Photograph

Scenery on Lake Namakagon

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Description: View of the sun shining through clouds over Lake Namakagon. There are trees are visible on the opposite shorelines. Text describing the photograph says, "t...
Photograph

Scenery on Lake Namakagon

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Description: Elevated view of the sun shining through clouds over Lake Namakagon. In the foreground are a few trees and in the distance is the opposite shoreline. Text ...
Photograph

Scenery on Lake Namakagon

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Description: Scenic view of the sun through clouds over a lake, identified as Lake Namakagon. In the foreground is a pine tree, and across the lake the opposite shoreli...
Photograph

Driveway at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a dirt road leading through a forest. This is the driveway to Nature Lovers Paradise, a resort on Jackson Lake. The text below the photograph says,...
Photograph

Driveway at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a dirt road leading through a forest. This is the driveway to Nature Lovers Paradise, a resort on Jackson Lake. The text describing the photograph ...
Photograph

Trail to Maple Grove at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a trail through the forest on land owned by Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. The text describing the photograph says, "The trail lead...
Photograph

Location of Cottages at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a dirt road, cleared land, Jackson Lake and shoreline. Off to the far right is where the Nature Lovers Paradise resort cottages were located. A sig...
Photograph

Five Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of five men standing outside holding full lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake. In the background are tw...
Photograph

Scenery at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of the sun shining through clouds over a lake, identified as Lake Namakagon. In the foreground are some rocks on the shoreline, and more trees are vis...
Photograph

Scenery at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of the sun shining through clouds over a lake, either Jackson Lake or Lake Namakagan. In the foreground are some trees, and more trees are visible on ...
Photograph

Pine Forest Harvesting

Date: 09 06 1895
Description: View of a partially harvested pine forest nine miles southwest of Washburn. A pathway is being cut for a narrow gauge logging railroad.
Photograph

Well-Dressed Group

Date: 1895
Description: A group of well-dressed men and a dog pose in a forested area.
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Hunting & Fishing Paradise

Date: 1935
Description: This pictorial map of northern Bayfield County, Wisconsin, shows the Chequamegon National Forest, the Red Cliff Indian Reservation, highways and roads, and...

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