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Lumber Camp Dining Room

Date: 1890
Description: Group of men posing in the dining room at August Mason's lumber camp. Three men are playing stringed instruments. Posters are displayed on the wall behind ...
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Lumber Camp Cook Shanty

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Description: Two men preparing a meal in a lumber camp shanty or bunkhouse.
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Joseph McCarthy in a Pensive Mood

Date: 11 1946
Description: A vigorous campaigner, Joseph R. McCarthy relaxes in front of a log cabin fireplace after his electoral campaign.
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Model of John Naset's First Residence

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Description: Model of the house John Naset built for himself in the spring of 1865 in Christiana.
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Family Room in Remodeled Log Cottage

Date: 01 18 1955
Description: Family room with stone fireplace in remodeled log cottage called "Winwood," owned by Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Guenther, in the Town of Verona.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: "The Loggery", the home of James Duane Doty, looking at the batten treatment in the ceiling of the bedroom.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Doty Loggery, with a view of the upper rooms.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Doty Loggery, the home of James Duane Doty, built in 1845, with a view of the upper hall and art on the walls.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Fireplace in kitchen wing of the Doty Loggery, the home of James Duane Doty. A clock rests on the fireplace mantle, with a kettle on the hearth.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1949
Description: Detailed view of the board and batten construction of "the Loggery", the home of James Duane Doty.
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Three Men in Cook Shanty

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Description: Interior of cook shanty, with oil lamps hanging from the ceiling beams. The back wall is covered with newspapers. Three men stand behind wood benches and t...
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Interior of Log Cabin

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Description: Interior view of a log cabin. Inside there is a wood stove, bench, table, kerosene lamp, and various household items and a dog.
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Antlers on Wall

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Description: Interior view of a log cabin with antlers hanging on a wall. Items of clothing are hanging from the various antlers. Also, there is a table set with dishes...
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Men Playing Cards in Shanty

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Description: A large group of men, probably logging workers, are shown playing cards in a sleeping shanty.
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Logging Men Sitting at Table

Date: 09 1910
Description: Men sitting around a table in a cabin at the Leighton-Wyoming mining camp. A box of cigars and a phonograph record player are sitting on the table. D.S. Cr...
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Mitchell Sewing Room — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Sue Mitchell has a sewing room in the corner of her log house. She has lived here since 1977.
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Main Lodge at Moody's Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Interior view of the parlor and dining room at the lodge at Moody's Camp on Spider Lake. There are numerous chairs, an upright piano with a world globe sit...
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Living Room at Main Lodge of Moody's Camp

Date: 1935
Description: A large stone fireplace with a roaring fire is on one wall of the living room. The room has log walls and exposed ceiling beams. A variety of chairs, inclu...
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Community House

Date: 1936
Description: Community room of the Library and Community Center.
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Portrait in Wood

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Description: Clam Lake artist Jerry Holter carving a wooden portrait of John A. Lavine, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher.

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