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Leo Capser's Cabin

Date: 1915
Description: Leo Capser's cabin on Madeline Island prior to construction of an addition. The cabin is located west of Grant's Point.
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Cedar Cottage

Date: 1915
Description: Porch on house known as Cedar Cottage, located near Grant's Point on southern Madeline Island.
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Capt. Angus Cottage

Date: 1910
Description: Log house with cedar shake roof.
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School House

Date: 1910
Description: Log school house, erected about 1860.
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ...
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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1915
Description: A group of people, men and women, standing outside in the yard in front of Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere. The women in the cente...
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The Philosopher Press

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the log building. Caption reads: "The Philosopher Press, Wausau, Wis."
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The Philosopher Press

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Philosopher Press.
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Mineral Point Jail

Date: 1913
Description: Reportedly the first jail to be built in Wisconsin, this jail was built somewhere between 1830 and 1835 from hewn logs. Iowa County was organized within th...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the home of Governor James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Caption reads: "Grand Loggery--Home of James Doty. Second Territori...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Front view of the home of James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery," built in 1844. Caption reads: "Neenah, Wis. The 'Loggery."
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Doty's Loggery. Caption printed under image reads: "Governor James Duane Doty, in 1845, built this log house on Doty's Island (Menasha), and resided there ...
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LaPointe House

Date: 1910
Description: LaPointe house built about the time of the War of 1812, and razed in 1921. It was originally a log structure which was later clapboarded, but the logs stil...
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Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Before Restoration

Date: 1919
Description: Fort Winnebago surgeon's quarters before restoration. Plans used in the remodeling of 1834 (furnished by the War department) were employed to determine the...
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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Madeline Island Logging Camp

Date: 1910
Description: Madeline Island logging camp near Big Bay. Men preparing logs for a building, with three log buildings in background.
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Logging Camp at Big Bay

Date: 1910
Description: Logging Camp dock and buildings made of logs. Madeline Island shoreline on the bank of Lake Superior.
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John Dietz Cabin

Date: 12 1910
Description: Cabin of John Deitz. Three persons shown are not members of the Dietz family. John Deitz was known for the Cameron Dam incident in which Deitz and a Saw...
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Deitz Cabin and Barn

Date: 12 1910
Description: Exterior view of Deitz cabin and barn, fences, and other outbuildings in winter, about two weeks after shooting of deputy. No members of Deitz family were ...
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Family Portrait of Deitz Family

Date: 12 1910
Description: Photograph hanging on the wall of the family cabin of John F. Deitz. The glass of the picture was broken by a bullet piercing the walls between the logs in...

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