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Whispering Pines

Date: 1936
Description: View across field of a log cabin and garage with two cars parked outdoors. Stones outline the parking area and paths between the cabin and garage.
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Lincoln Cabin at Lindwood Lodge

Date: 1936
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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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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Tourist Camp - Highway 12

Date: 1931
Description: A view of the Log Cabin Filling Station at a tourist camp. A garage for washing and greasing on the left. Two tall gas pumps. Lamps made of interlaced logs...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in...
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Group of People Posed at Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i...
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Hardy Homestead

Date: 11 1956
Description: A former homestead in the autumn, framed by leafless trees. The cabin is constructed of squared logs with interlocking double-notch joints, chinked with a ...
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Pinewood Lodge

Date: 08 15 1937
Description: Text on front reads: "No. 2 Cottage, Pinewood Lodge, Rhinelander, Wis." A large log cabin is surrounded by trees. Many windows have awnings. Rustic wood se...
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One of the First Homes Near Stanley

Date: 07 17 1909
Description: Caption reads: "One of the first Homes near Stanley, Wis." A log cabin with a wagon parked before it, with another building in the background on the left. ...
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Rustic Cottage at Frazier Lodge

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Text on front reads: "Rustic Cottage at Frazier Lodge, on Sand Lake Highways 70 and 27, Near Stone Lake, Sawyer County, Wis." On reverse it reads: "Lodge a...
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Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
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Cabin Among the Northern Pines

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Cabin Among the Northern Pines, Greetings for Tomahawk, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Here in the Northland are found numerous scenes such...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
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...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
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...
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Musky Log Cottage

Date: 1909
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...
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State Forest Reserve

Date: 1907
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...
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Karl Zettler Half-Timber Cottage

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Karl Zettler Half-Timber Cottage, Ozaukee County Pioneer Village, Waubeka, Wisconsin." Built in 1849, the cottage was moved to the Oz...
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Hilltop Cabin

Date: 1940
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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Chalet Cabin Court

Date: 1953
Description: Text on front reads: "The Chalet Cabin Court on Hy. 12 & 13, Tel.33882, Wis. Dells, Wis." The log cabin office at the Chalet Cabin Court. A dog is sitting ...
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Settlement Along A Railway with Locomotive

Date: 1900
Description: A camp or settlement located along a railway in Iron County, WI. Residents and a dog are pictured in the foreground, with a locomotive in the background ne...

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