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Effie Alger Allen

Date: 09 1921
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Effie Alger Allen, a Medford resident and author of the poems "The Phantom Steamer" and "The First Red Man" (Poetry: A Magazi...
Postcard

Scene Near Westboro

Date: 10 01 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Westboro, Wis." Water scene with a boat at the shore on the left. Trees, shrubs and foliage fill the landscape along the s...
Postcard

Buchholz Bros. Store

Date: 08 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Buchholz Bros. Store, Stetsonville, Wis". A group of men and a young boy pose on the porch of a brick General Store. A dog stands in ...
Postcard

Everything's Great

Date: 10 29 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Here I am at STETSONVILLE, WIS. In all the world no place like this. Everything's great and I'm feeling fine. Hope you'll write to me...
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Scene near Stetsonville

Date: 12 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene near Stetsonville, Wis." A man follows a herd of sheep through a pasture bounded by a split rail fence with supports. In the di...
Postcard

Warehouses and Depot

Date: 09 10 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Ware-houses and Depot, Stetsonville, Wis." View across railroad tracks towards a train station with a depot, warehouses, cattle loadi...
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Loading

Date: 06 06 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rib Lake, Wis.", "Loading." and "Brown Photo." A lumberjack is standing on a load of logs pulled by a team of horses. Three more men ...
Postcard

North Harper Lake

Date: 03 06 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "North Harper Lake", "Photo by Brown", and "A Souvenir from Rib Lake, Wis." A view of the lake from a rise, surrounded by trees and sh...
Postcard

Going to Town

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Going to Town, Rib Lake, Wis." A farm couple driving their wagon, pulled by two oxen, into town. The wagon has wooden wheels and is l...
Photograph

Steam Skidder Train Engine

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Description: Several man posing by a steam skidder which is hauling logs.
Photograph

Deer Hunting Near Donald

Date: 1904
Description: A man is crouching next to a killed deer in a forest clearing. His rifle is leaning against a log. The man is lifting one of the deer's legs with one hand ...
Photograph

Deer Hunting Near Donald, Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: Three deer hunters are walking through the woods, holding their rifles. Two of the men are also carrying a killed deer hung from a pole resting on their sh...
Historical Essay

Lublin

Origin of Lublin, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Lublin, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Porcupine

Date: 10 1930
Description: An adult porcupine standing on the branch of a tree. It appears that the porcupine has chewed off a smaller branch.
Historical Essay

Rib Lake

Origin of Rib Lake, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Rib Lake, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Redville

Origin of Redville, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Redville, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Medford

Origin of Medford, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Medford, Wisconsin.

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