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H.W. Simon Paint Store Window

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: H.W. Simon Paint Store window, 1904 Monroe Street. Shows Mautz paint display and H.W. Simon, Decorator sign. The interior of the store can be seen through ...
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Felton Gun Store

Date: 04 29 1932
Description: Interior of Felton Gun Store, located at 120 E. Washington Avenue, with elk, deer, and mountain goat heads mounted on the wall among the firearms and hunti...
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CA-VEL Fabrics Window Display

Date: 06 20 1949
Description: CA-VEL fabrics window display at Leath's furniture store, 117 State Street, showing a living room scene with panels of CA-VEL deep pile mohair upholstery f...
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Lambert Taxidermy

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Description: Interior of a taxidermy shop with stuffed animals, possibly the shop of a Mr. Lambert.
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Taxidermy Workshop and Storeroom

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Description: Two photographs showing the workshop and storeroom of a taxidermy shop. The top image is of the workshop which is full of preserved animal bodies and skin...
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Pinehurst Bar

Date: 1938
Description: Interior of a tavern near Clam Lake. Bar stools are around a bar, and the walls covered with animal mounts, guns, traps, postcards, and signs. Liquor and c...
Photograph

Chris Hyldegard

Date: 1955
Description: Chris Hyldegard, owner of Whispering Pines, sitting behind a glass display case. The picnic area at Whispering Pines was donated in 1977 by Mrs. & Mrs. Chr...
Postcard

Meat Market

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of a meat market, with four men standing behind the counters. Deer head trophies are mounted on the back wall. Caption on back reads, in part...
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a ...
Postcard

The Buckhorn

Date: 1925
Description: Text on front reads: "'The Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wis." The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios, including some hoaxes: a shovel-...
Postcard

The Friendly Buckhorn

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete withou...
Postcard

Rock Ledge

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "'Rock Ledge' Wisconsin's most picturesque gift shop located on the historical site at the Falls of the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan F...

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