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Ole Emerson's Lumber Property

Date: 1904
Description: Winter scene with lumber workers hauling a large log with horses.
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Lakewood Country Club

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with people sledding, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and preparing for snowshoeing at Lakewood Country Club.
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Lake Superior Ice Covered Shoreline

Date: 1934
Description: Three men standing on frozen Lake Superior in front of ice covered shoreline.
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Mount Valhalla

Date: 1935
Description: View of Mount Valhalla during the winter near Washburn. There is a building and a few automobiles parked at the bottom of a large hill covered in snow. The...
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Mount Valhalla Snow Jump

Date: 1935
Description: View from the top of a ski hill jump on Mount Valhalla near Washburn. Crowds of people line the edges of the ski jump area at the bottom of the hill.
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Roman Catholic Church

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a one-story wood, rectanglular building with a bell tower above the front entrance. There is snow on the ...
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...
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Snow Scene Near Evergreen Store

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with a V-blade snowplow from the front plowing snow from a road. The snow is billowing to the left side of the road in a large arc. Trees are...
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Child Skiing on Mount Telemark

Date: 1968
Description: A young child, wearing a Scandinavian style hat, coat, and gloves, is wearing a pair of skis and standing on a small hill. Below the hill in the background...
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Skiing Down Mt. Ashwabay

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man is skiing down a snow-covered hill at Mt. Ashwabay Ski and Recreation Area.
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Man and Woman at Top of Ski Hill

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: A man and a woman are standing on their skis looking down the ski hill looking down at the landscape below.
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Man on Skis Doing Tricks with Ski Poles

Date: 1968
Description: A man wearing skis is jumping off the snow-covered ground and supporting his weight on ski poles.
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Man on Skis Doing Tricks with Ski Poles

Date: 1968
Description: A man is holding his body off the snow-covered ground, supporting his weight entirely on the tips of his skis and ski poles.
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Bird's-Eye View of Iron River

Date: 1904
Description: View overlooking Iron River in winter. Several residences, and yards with fences are in the foreground. Wooded hills are in the far background.
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Building a Raceway

Date: 04 24 1936
Description: Men are working on a project at the State Fish Hatchery. There is new concrete lining a raceway in the foreground, where a man is working on the floor. Woo...
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Winter Mooring

Date: 1976
Description: Fishing boats wintering on Lake Superior, which is frozen and covered with snow. Wooden fishing boxes are strewn in the foreground, and a wooded shoreline ...
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Skiing on Mt. Valhalla

Date: 1951
Description: View across valley of Mt. Valhalla, a ski hill with two ski jumps.
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Mary Livingston Griggs on Snowy Boardwalk

Date: 1926
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs is standing on the birch-lined boardwalk leading to the Forest Lodge boathouse. Mary is wearing a wool dress, coat and leather boots...
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Two Marys on Birch-lined Path

Date: 1926
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs and her daughter Mary are standing on a snowy birch-lined boardwalk on the shore of Lake Namakagon at Forest Lodge. Mother Mary is w...
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Mary Griggs (Burke) Standing on Garmisch Road

Date: 1953
Description: Mary Griggs (Burke) is standing at the edge of Garmisch Road (formerly County Highway D) with her left foot on a small amount of leaf strewn snow. She is w...

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