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| Description: | View from shoreline of the photographer, Carl A. Peterson, taking a moment to light his pipe while fishing from a boat near the family home. |
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| Description: | One man sits in the bow and one man stands on shore holding the stern of a birch bark canoe at the edge of a lake. They may be Indians. The man in the cano... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across driveway of one-and-a-half story house with a stone chimney situated under large pine trees and new plantings. Cable Lake is in the background. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across water filled with lily pads of a one-story cottage on shore of Cable Lake. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Cottages on the shoreline of Cable Lake. The cottages are supported by pilings where they extend out over the water. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a log cabin atop a small hill next to Cranberry Lake. There is a rustic log railing along steps leading down to the lake. |
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| Description: | General view of sparsely inhabited country featuring a flat plains area and small lake. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Two women pose outside their lakefront cabin. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A young man fishes on the rocky shore by the Old Mill. The Mill is three-stories high and features a cupola with a wind vane on top. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Water pouring between the logs of the Mirror Lake Dam. The opposite shoreline has trees and plants covering a steep, rocky cliff. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View across Mirror Lake. A deck truss bridge crosses the lake high over the dam. Timme Mill, on the left side of the lake, is connected to the bridge. In t... |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of Devil's Lake from the shore of the Kirkland Hotel, located at the southeast corner of the lake. There is building, perhaps a boathouse, on the shor... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Devil's Doorway rock formation. Far below is Devil's Lake and the opposite shoreline with bluffs in the distance. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of resort cottages near a lake. A group of vacationers are sitting on the lawn and porch. A birdhouse on a tall post is among trees on the right. Hill... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of Lake Kegonsa shoreline, with cottages and boathouses along the shore, and farm buildings on a hill behind. There is a dock with several rowboats in... |
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