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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with sleigh carrying six well-bundled passengers pulled by two horses and pulling a skier behind in Eagle River. The trees are blurred. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of three men harvesting cranberries from a bog. Caption reads: "Greetings from Lac du Flambeau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Snow covered ice extends into the Wisconsin River from the shorelines. Trees line the river bank in the background. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a boat dock on Boulder Lake, or Little Rice Lake, with several boats pulled up on the tree-lined shore. There is a pier in the le... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men fishing in a rowboat powered by a trolling motor. They are framed by two trees on the shore of Crab Lake. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "First Lesson in Wrestling, Camp Highlands, on Plum Lake, Sayner, Wisconsin." A teacher begins a class in wrestling with a group of st... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sayners Resort, Sayner, Wis." A large, multi-story, hotel-like resort surrounded by trees. A balcony runs around the main floor, part... |
| Date: | 08 22 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Plum Creek, near Jack Pine Lodge, Sayner, Wis." View of a creek with brush covered shores, and trees in the distance. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat... |
| Date: | 07 25 1946 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Sayner, Wisconsin." A herd of white-tailed deer walk past a feeding station filled with hay in the snowy woods. |
| Date: | 07 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Plum Lake near Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wis. Greetings - Eagle River, Wis." View of Plum Lake with a boathouse and piers at Sayner Lod... |
| Date: | 07 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the... |
| Date: | 06 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evening, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." As the sun sets, a group of men on a pier watch another man in a canoe on the lake. A sailboat is mo... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows, a screened porch and a rubble stone chimney. I... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with a large screened porch, surrounded by trees. Trout Lake is lo... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Musky Log Cottage, C.P. Christensen, Trout Lake, Wis." A log cabin with large windows and a screened porch. It is surrounded by trees... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Shore Line, Camp Osoha for Girls, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Trout Lake, Wisconsin. A distinguished camp for girls 6 to 18 ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake, Wis." A two-story log building with a rubble stone foundation. The porch and stairs have ornate pin... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hilltop, Meinel's Resort, Winchester, Wisconsin." A stamp on the reverse reads: "Timberlane Lodge, 'Formerly Meinel's Resort,' Winche... |
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