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Summer Cottages
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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 between the buildings. The image is framed by a pattern of birch bark.
March 20, 1908
Michigan Calendar Co., Detroit, Michigan
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W013Y3Y
WHi 149109
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Catholic Church
1917
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.
A Birch Bark Indian Home
1938
Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wigwam. Trees are in the background.
Cottage Grove Silver Lake
1908
Text on front reads: "Cottage Grove Silver Lake, Wis." A colorized view of cottages on the shore of a lake. Chromolithograph.
Morningside Park
1930
Text on front reads: "Morningside Park, Long Lake, Sarona, Wis." A home in the trees with foliage in the foreground.
Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain
1950
Elevated view of fall color on Yellow Birch Lake on the Eagle Chain of Lakes. There is a boathouse on shoreline at the right obscured by trees.
W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge
circa 1910-1919
View across water towards the W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge on Lake Chetek. Docks and boathouses are along the shoreline. Caption reads: "W.H. Roesch Birch Lodge, Chetek, Wis."
