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John F. Deitz

Date: 05 1924
Description: John F. Deitz holding a Luger pistol on a visit to Cameron Dam.
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Hunting Party

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men stand with rifles at the Echo Lake Hunting Club Camp. Gutted deer hang to cure outside the cabin.
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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: Eleazer WIlliam's log cabin. A view of the side entrance surrounded by plants and trees.
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Mineral Point Jail

Date: 1925
Description: A roughly built jail, constructed before 1836. Vineyard would have been held here a short time before he was released on bail.
Postcard

Logging Museum

Date: 1920
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis."
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Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1925
Description: A log cabin and frame house behind the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house w...
Painting

Old Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: Watercolor of the "Old Milton House" done by Mrs. Louise Westby of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad during...
Postcard

Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the cabin on the property of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was buil...
Photograph

Log Cabin Filling Station

Date: 1927
Description: Rustic, log cabin gas station in Chippewa Falls with a traveler's vehicle being filled with gasoline. It is not clear if the young woman in overalls is a p...
Photograph

DeLury Log Cabin

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the DeLury log cabin, where four generations (at time of photograph) of the same family have lived. Probably built around 1840. A man is standing...
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Coumbe Homestead

Date: 1920
Description: The Coumbe homestead, home of John Coumbe, the first white settler in Richland County, who came to the site in 1838. The original buildings were log struct...
Photograph

Getto Family

Date: 1927
Description: Getto family, seated left to right: Henry Getto, Harry Ketola, Maria Getto, Senia Getto Aho, Alma Getto, Ruth Howland, Pete Hovi, Oscar Getto, Herman Aho, ...
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House at 1422 Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of the house at 1422 Sherman Avenue, built by Willard Droster, in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Children are playing on the left.
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Herb Kellar and Others on "Romance of the Reaper" Set

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
Photograph

Potawatomi Family

Date: 1920
Description: Potawatomi family standing in front of a log cabin. Elders identified the woman in the center as Mrs. Frank Young, and the man on the right as community le...
Postcard

Tourist Camp

Date: 09 01 1928
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Bruce Tourist Camp. A dirt road curves into the camp, with a large sign at the entrance, and cabins, picnic tables and ma...
Photograph

Fishing Good at "Rustic Knoll"

Date: 06 1926
Description: A man poses holding a fish in both hands. Two boys wait at the service window of a log cabin.
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Log Cabin at Fish Lake Resort

Date: 1927
Description: A log cabin, which features a screened-in porch and attic door.
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Old Log Cabin

Date: 1925
Description: Original caption: "The old log cabin of a generation ago--seldom seen today." Two children are sitting inside the screen door of the cabin.
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Tom Moore, Betty Compson, and Jean De Briac in "Over the Border"

Date: 1922
Description: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Flaherty (played by Tom Moore) looks on suspiciously as Jen Galbraith (Betty Compson) talks to Pretty Pierre (Jean D...

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