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The Friendly Buckhorn
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Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on the reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Hundreds of curios are on display including the 'WORLD'S RECORD DEER.'" Four Bartenders are standing behind counter. The Buckhorn Tavern had an amazing display of taxidermy and curios including some hoaxes, a shovel-tailed snowsnake, a dingbat and a fur herring. Originally the Buckhorn was a billiard parlor.
1950
Kaeser and Blair, Inc.
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WHi 148657
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The Friendly Buckhorn
1950
Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin". Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Rice L...
The Friendly Buckhorn
1950
Text on front reads: "The 'Friendly Buckhorn,' Rice Lake, Wisconsin." Text on reverse reads: "No vacation trip to Northern Wisconsin is complete without a visit to the 'FRIENDLY BUCKHORN' at Rice L...
The Buckhorn
1925
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-tailed snowsnake, a dingbat and a fur herr...
Tall-tale Postcard: Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper
circa 1900-1909
Photograph of fish altered to create an imaginary new species of fish, the Owl-eyed Ripple Skipper. Its apparent features include short fangs, a rounded backside (presumably for "skipping") and ow...
Rice Lake
1950
Text on front reads: "Rice Lake, Wis." On back: "Red Maple on Lake." Autumn view of gold leaves on Birch trees and red leaves on Maple trees reflecting in the water. There is a pier on the shoreline.
View on Rice Lake
March 20, 1909
Text on front reads: "View on Rice Lake, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Publ. by F.E. Robinson, Rice Lake, Wis." Houses and boathouses on the shore of Rice Lake through the trees.
