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Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt...
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Below the Turtle Dam

Date: 1935
Description: Men fishing out of wooden rowboats on the Turtle flowage near the Turtle Dam on the Flambeau River.
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Four women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. One woman is thumbing her nose at the camera. The arrest w...
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Woman Being Led Out of a Hurley Area Establishment

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman is led out by a State Agent during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution. The ...
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Woman Turning Her Back During a Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A woman turns her back on an agent as they enter the establishment where she worked at the beginning of a raid on many Hurley area bars. The arrest warrant...
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Women Hiding Faces During Raid

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: Three women hide their faces as they walk in front of State Agents after exiting their place of business during a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establi...
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Woman Being Fingerprinted After Raid

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Mrs. Kathleen Napoli, held a "keeper of a house of ill fame," as she was finger printed by an FBI Agent on Wednesday. Her husband, Dominic, is in the Army....
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 07 05 1942
Description: Seven women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Agent Arresting Three Women and One Man

Date: 08 04 1942
Description: A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ...
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Women in Iron County Jail

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Five women in an Iron County Jail cell after a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were for gambling and prostitution.
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Man Fingerprinted by FBI Agent

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ...
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Man Seized in Vice Raid

Date: 07 04 1942
Description: State Agent (left, with face blacked out to prevent future identification) as he seized the operator of the roulette table at the Ritz Bar after a sweeping...
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Voss' Birchwood Lodge on Spider Lake

Date: 1934
Description: View looking out over the boats at docks on Spider Lake at Voss' Birchwood Lodge.
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Camp Mercer on the Manitowish River

Date: 1934
Description: View of the cabins or bunkhouses of Camp Mercer across the Manitowish River.
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Stringer of Fish in Grass

Date: 1935
Description: Man's hand holding a stringer of about eleven fish in the grass. It is labeled "Butternut Wis" and says "Caught near Mercer, Wis."
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The Flowage, Mercer Fish Hatchery

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of The Flowage showing the Mercer Fish Hatchery building on the left. Two people are in a boat on the far left, a bridge is in the center...
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Russel Bros Cabins, Lake of the Falls

Date: 1933
Description: View looking across the Lake of the Falls at three one-story log cabins with porches, called the Russell Bros Cabins. There are boats along the shoreline.
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Recreation Building at Whispering Pines Girls Camp

Date: 1934
Description: View across field of a large one-story wooden building with a large stone chimney on the right side. This is the Recreation building at Whispering Pines Gi...
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4-H Members Showing Bovines

Date: 1935
Description: Two young men who are 4-H members are each standing and holding a rope lead next to a young bovine, possibly at the Iron County Fair.
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Man Holding Rooster

Date: 1935
Description: Man wearing overalls stands outside, holding a rooster in one arm and holding his hat in his other hand. He is probably at the Iron County Fair.

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