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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Log Cabin Filling Station

Date: 1927
Description: Rustic, log cabin gas station in Chippewa Falls with a traveler's vehicle being filled with gasoline. It is not clear if the young woman in overalls is a p...
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Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
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Hunter's Retreat

Date: 1950
Description: View of a snow-covered cabin in the north woods.
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Log House in Winter

Date: 1952
Description: Unidentified log house in winter, located near Highway 83. A fence is in the foreground and a tree on the right.
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Hardy Homestead

Date: 11 1956
Description: A former homestead in the autumn, framed by leafless trees. The cabin is constructed of squared logs with interlocking double-notch joints, chinked with a ...
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Log Cabin

Date: 06 1963
Description: Weathered log cabin surrounded by foliage and trees.
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Madeline Island Historical Museum

Date: 1970
Description: View of the Madeline Island Historical Museum and a fence framed by two trees. A wooden sign points the way.
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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.

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