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We Like Ike

Date: 11 1952
Description: John Lavine (left), Nancy Jane Nelson, Virginia Rafshol, and Gary Berger indicate their support for the presidential candidacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. As ...
Postcard

Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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Two Girls in a Boat

Date: 1895
Description: Two girls in a boat at the shoreline of the Black River.
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Women Riding Sidesaddle

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Description: Two women posing sidesaddle on two horses on a dirt path with a wooden board fence behind them. In the foreground is a colt. In the background are a field ...
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Will Catchpole and Florence Wickland

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young European American man and woman posed standing. The woman, wearing a ...
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Men Posing in the New Street

Date: 1889
Description: Elevated view of group gathered and posed on a new street. Behind the group is a large pile of lumber, wooden sidewalks, and what appear to be newly-constr...
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Two Women Standing on a Rock in the River

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Description: View across water towards two women posing standing on a rock in a river. Behind them are steep shorelines with trees and shrubs.
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The Dionne Quintuplets in Superior

Date: 1943
Description: The five Dionne quintuplet girls, their sister and parents standing at the end of the observation car occupied by the Dionne party. They were in Superior t...
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Doc Copeland Fishing

Date: 1907
Description: Ernest Copeland standing on a rock while fishing near Gordon Dam. He is wearing pajamas and a hat.
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Brule River White Pine

Date: 1962
Description: Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was though...
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River Fishing

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Description: View across water towards an elderly man standing calf-deep in the Bois Brule River holding fly rod.
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Trout Fishing

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Description: View across stream towards a man bending over to net a fish he has caught in the Bois Brule River. He is holding a fishing pole in his right hand, and the ...
Photograph

Fishing Weir

Date: 1935
Description: A man kneeling on a wharf holds the bow of a canoe while two others stand nearby. The man at far right carries a long fishing rod. There is a trailer on ...
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Poling a Canoe

Date: 1935
Description: The description on the negative envelope reads: "David Sample, guide at Brule, Wisconsin, taking a tourist down the fast moving waters of the Brule River."...
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President McKinley at West Superior

Date: 1899
Description: Stereograph of President McKinley speaking to a large crowd from a stage decorated with bunting. In the background are buildings and train cars. Caption re...
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Trout Fishing on the Brule

Date: 1949
Description: A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p...
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Daily Limit

Date: 1952
Description: Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area.
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Dionne Quintuplets Ship Launch

Date: 05 09 1943
Description: Composite photograph of the Dionne Quintuplets and the five ships they launched at the Walter Shipbuilding Company. An inset of Yvonne, Annette, Émilie, Cé...
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Chippewas

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Description: Three men, probably Chippewa, at Wisconsin Point. Text on back reads: "Just a family group, Wis. Point, Superior."

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