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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 08 1934 |
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| Description: | Building at the Tri-State Fair, outside of which a white pine tree dying from white pine blister rust is displayed. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Brule River flowing through the forest by moonlight. Some trees show autumn color. There is a campfire on the shore with thr... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | This 1938 tourist map of Douglas County, Wisconsin, identifies game refuges, fishing locations, and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the county. A... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Two girls in a boat at the shoreline of the Black River. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | This map of Superior shows many points of interests including camping, fair grounds, docks, tourist attractions, lakes, roads, and waterways. |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | This map shows rivers, lakes, communities, woods, fishing locations, and vacation destinations. The back of the map includes text about agricultural, sceni... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Howard T. fishing from Gordon Dam on the St. Croix River. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Ernest Copeland standing on a rock while fishing near Gordon Dam. He is wearing pajamas and a hat. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a family canoeing down the Brule River. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A family of three are canoeing down the Brule River. Bushes and tall grass are along the shoreline, and trees are in the background. |
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| Description: | View across river towards a man wearing waders standing knee-deep in the Bois Brule River near the shoreline. He is holding a fishing pole in his right han... |
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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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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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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