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Community: Cable
County: Bayfield
Historic Name: Forest Lodge Library
Reference Number: 01000735
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp

Date: 1906
Description: Lumber crew posed in front of a building at Ole Emerson's lumber camp.
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Cable Drug Store

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Description: View of exterior of the Cable Drug Store. The signs on the exterior advertise that they have a soda fountain with Russell's Ice Cream and Coca-Cola.
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Wild Rice Harvest

Date: 1960
Description: An Ojibwa woman, Francis Mike, harvesting wild rice in a boat on Totogatic Lake.
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Tipis on Lakeshore

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Description: Three tipis on the shore of East Lake, now called Lake Tahkodah.
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Scene on East Lake

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Description: Tipis along the shore of East Lake, now called Lake Tahkodah.
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Gifford's Home on East Lake

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Description: People on the shore of East Lake (now called Lake Tahkodah) by the Gifford residence, with tipis in the distance.
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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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The Lakewoods Lounge

Date: 1949
Description: The lounge at the Lakewoods on Lake Namakagon, which includes a fireplace, furniture, large picture window, and a mounted deer head on the wall. Caption re...
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Tom Rondeau's General Store

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Description: Exterior view from street of the storefront. Caption reads: "Tom Rondeau's General Store, Cable, Wis."
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Aerial View of Cable

Date: 1936
Description: Aerial view of Cable, in northern Wisconsin. Text at foot reads: "Airplane View of Cable, Wis. 244."
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Highway 63

Date: 1936
Description: Guardrail along Highway 63, bordered with dense vegetation.
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The Court

Date: 1935
Description: View from above of spectators watching men play doubles tennis at a downtown tennis court. There is a water tower in the background.
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Cable Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View across street of automobiles parked in front of a hardware store and a drugstore on Main Street.
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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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Community House

Date: 1936
Description: Community room of the Library and Community Center.
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Blue Moon Tavern

Date: 1935
Description: View across road of automobile parked next to gasoline pump outside of the Blue Moon Tavern on County Highway 24.
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The Irvington Company

Date: 1935
Description: View across field of four dwellings and a two-car garage located amongst very large pine trees. There are newly planted deciduous trees and hedges.
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George Dennis Cottage

Date: 1935
Description: View across driveway of one-and-a-half story house with a stone chimney situated under large pine trees and new plantings. Cable Lake is in the background.

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