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301 8th Ave., W.

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: Salem Lutheran Church
Reference Number: 80004596
Photograph

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake before a fire on December 3, 1889 which swept Main Street and destroyed more than twenty business places.
Postcard

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View of Shell Lake. There are railroad tracks i the foreground. Caption reads: "Shell Lake Wis."
Postcard

View of Shell Lake

Date: 1905
Description: View across unpaved towards the left side of main street in Shell Lake, with a hardware store and post office on the left, and people standing along the si...
Photograph

Elevated view of Shell Lake

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake looking northwest.
Photograph

Shell Lake

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Shell Lake looking towards the sawmills.
Photograph

Shell Lake Roller Milling Company

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across railroad tracks towards the Shell Lake Roller Milling Company. There is a man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon outside the entrance.
Postcard

Shell Lake High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a high school with people sitting and standing on the lawn in front. Caption reads: "Shell Lake High School Shell Lake Wis."
Photograph

Making Grasshopper Bait

Date: 07 1938
Description: At a small sawmill near Shell Lake, farmers shovel sawdust which will be mixed with a whey product and applied to fields for grasshopper eradication during...
Print

Washburn County Treasurer Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Washburn County Treasurer's office, with a three-quarter view of the county building and people walking on the grounds. Text is in decora...
Photograph

Frame Church

Date: 1920
Description: View of frame church in a pastoral landscape.
Postcard

Summer Cottages

Date: 03 20 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Summer Cottages, Shell Lake, Wis." View across lake towards cottages on the shore, and boathouses, piers and trees. A man is standing...
Postcard

Catholic Church

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Catholic Church, Shell Lake, Wis." A brick church with a belfry and arched windows. The pastor is standing at the front entrance.
Property Record

E SIDE OF 1ST BETWEEN 3RD AVE & 4TH AVE ST

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Reference Number: 18111
Property Record

E SIDE OF 1ST ST AT FORK W/ US HIGHWAY 63

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Reference Number: 18112
Property Record

108 First St., SW CNR OF 2ND AVE AND 1ST ST

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Reference Number: 18113
Property Record

N SIDE OF 3RD AVE

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: SHELL LAKE COOPERATIVE CREAMERY
Reference Number: 18114
Property Record

SE CNR OF 3RD AVE AND 2ND ST

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 18115
Property Record

SE CNR OF 4TH AVE AND 1ST ST

Community: Shell Lake
County: Washburn
Historic Name: WASHBURN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Reference Number: 18116

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