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Toboggan Ride

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Winter scene with Lawrence College students tobogganing at Rib Mountain near Wausau.
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View of Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Winter view of a city street with parked automobiles and people walking down the sidewalk. A lamppost is in the foreground, and a smokestack and water towe...
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Bridge on Rainbow Drive

Date: 03 16 1984
Description: A wintertime panoramic view of the bridge on Rainbow Drive, a local road in the Town of Halsey, Marathon County, looking east.
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Wild Creek Crossing

Date: 03 03 1988
Description: View from bridge over Wild Creek on Marathon County Highway M. The creek appears frozen, although in flood. Several farms can be seen in the distance.
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Methodist Church

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Church.
Postcard

Wausau High School

Date: 1915
Description: View of the high school from the north side showing the Assembly Hall. Snow is on the ground, and a few people are standing among the small trees in front...
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Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
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Bridge on White Bear Lake Road

Date: 11 30 1989
Description: Panoramic view of the bridge over the frozen Eau Claire River.
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Porcupine Road Bridge

Date: 11 30 1989
Description: Bridge over the frozen Trappe River.
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Saw Filer and Logging Crew

Date: 
Description: Logging crew and horses posed in snow.
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Engine No. 207

Date: 
Description: Side view of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 207, a yard engine.
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Welcome Peace President Jimmy Carter

Date: 1979
Description: President Jimmy Carter's visit meant extra duty for the local police force. An elevated sign in the background reads "Newman High School, Welcome, Peace Pr...
Postcard

Logging

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard of loggers posing with logs piled on horse-drawn sleds. Caption reads: "Logging, Athens, Wis."
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Homestead Act Applicants Waiting in Line

Date: 12 18 1890
Description: Elevated view looking down at homestead applicants waiting in line for 2-3 days in winter cold before a window in the Marathon County Court House, Dec. 18-...
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Couple in a Horse-Drawn "Cutter"

Date: 1906
Description: Winter scene with a man and woman driving in a horse-drawn "cutter" in the snow. They have a fur blanket over their laps. Behind them is a building, perhap...
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Horse-drawn Hearse in the Snow

Date: 1910
Description: Martin Keefe, owner of the livery stable, drives a horse-drawn hearse, which has sled runners. The hearse was for the funeral of Mrs. Tom Hill. The buildin...
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Rib Mountain Ski Lodge

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Rib Mountain Ski Lodge. There are a number of skiers on the left, and people stand near the lodge. Cars are parked on the right.
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Tobogganing

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Description: A woman and three children are tobogganing down a snow and ice ramp.
Postcard

Lemmer Fox and Fur Co.

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Description: View of a man standing in a fenced-in area feeding a fox. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A."
Postcard

You Will Not Go Astray

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "But you will not go astray if you go to the 'Palm Garden. F.J. Gaetzman, Wausau, Wis." A photo postcard with two images. On the left ...

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