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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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People Counting Pennies

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: People counting pennies that came in the mail for the Dr. Kate Million Penny fundraiser. Country doctor Kate Pelham Newcomb -- known as "the angel on snow...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing outside. Each child is holding a rolled up paper.
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 10 1983
Description: Men harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes with rakes.
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Rhinelander Butcher Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of a butcher shop, with a male butcher sharpening a knife behind a counter lined with cuts of meat, sausages and a scale. Behind the counter ...
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Steve Meleski Ice Fishing

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Steve Meleski kneeling near his ice fishing hole at Thunder lake. Other people are fishing on the lake behind him. The shoreline is wooded, and there are b...
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Ice Fishing Trio

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Lee Jameson, Walter Jameson, and Jim Stern clearing an ice fishing hole in Thunder Lake.
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Model T's as Snowmobiles

Date: 01 31 1926
Description: Winter scene of early snowmobile race at Rangeline Lake. Bill Neu (right), winner, Harold Hansen (left). Special conversion kits were available which allow...
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Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Groups of people are walking or standing downtown along the snow-covered street at night. Snowmobiles are parked in the right foreground. A banner stretchi...
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Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people with snowmobiles standing on both sides of a snowy street downtown. There is a sign for a barbershop on the left, and a ...
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1935
Description: An unidentified man standing on a lawn is holding a 48 pound muskie by a wood handled hook. There is a lake in the background, and on the right, the rustic...
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Fishing at Dam Lake

Date: 08 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man fishing from a rowboat near the shore. He is wearing a light shirt and vest, and a hat. Other boats are moore...
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Skiers

Date: 1935
Description: A group of skiers posing in front of a stand of small pine trees. The caption on the negative envelope reads: "Mrs. F.A. Marshall, Mrs. R. Becher, Mrs. Mar...
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Out for Sunday Dinner

Date: 1935
Description: View across snowy road towards men and women posing in front of Idlewild Lodge, a two-story wood framed structure with log siding on the first floor, and a...
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Leaving House in Monaco [sic]

Date: 04 26 1935
Description: Family, including two children standing, a woman carrying another child, and a man who is carrying suitcases, leaving a house.
Postcard

The Beach at Pinewood Lodge

Date: 08 16 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "The Beach, Pinewood Lodge - Rhinelander, Wis." Guests are enjoying the water in Lake Thompson at the Pinewood Lodge. There is a dock ...
Postcard

Capture of the Hodag

Date: 08 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Capture of the Hodag, Rhinelander, Wis." A large group of men armed with guns, pitchforks and rakes hold a beast at bay on top of a l...
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Northernaire

Date: 1961
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Open Year 'Round." View of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake, an Art Moderne hotel built in 1...

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