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Main Street, Looking North from Davenport Street

Date: 1944
Description: View of intersection with pedestrians crossing the street in the town central business district. Businesses include three drugstores, a hotel, and a clothi...
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Fish Hatchery

Date: 1930
Description: Wisconsin Conservatin Department fish hatchery in the vicinity of Woodruff. An arched stone bridge is in the left foreground.
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Lake Tomahawk

Date: 1955
Description: The shore of Lake Tomahawk.
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Three Lakes, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: View down unpaved street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Three Lakes, Wis."
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Oneida Court House

Date: 1900
Description: Oneida County Court House, later used as the county Normal School.
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Rhinelander Logging Museum

Date: 1948
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander.
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Rhinelander Logging Museum

Date: 1930
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander.
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Rhinelander Logging Museum

Date: 1930
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. A long building has a sign on the roof that reads: "Logging Museum".
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First National Bank, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of First National Bank. There are signs in the windows for Western Union.
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Rhinelander First National Bank

Date: 08 1911
Description: Exterior view of First National Bank under construction.
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Brown Street, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Brown Street looking North, Rhinelander, Wis." A dog is in the street, and pedestrians are on the sidewalks.
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View of Minocqua from Boxcar

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of the town from a boxcar. People are posing in the street on the right. A lake is in the upper right, and railroad tracks and a rail car are...
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Exterior of Church

Date: 1930
Description: Church built by early settlers in the village of New Upsala, the first Swedish settlement in Wisconsin.
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Snowstorm over Harbor

Date: 09 27 1942
Description: Labeled as a "freak" snowstorm. A boathouse takes up the majority of the image, with a flag flying over the boathouse. The lake is not frozen, but ice and...
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Boy Parading with Sign

Date: 1921
Description: A boy parades past the Oneida County courthouse with a sign that reads, "Others Quickly Followed."
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Teacher and Young Children

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of Winnifred Ahrens Spring holding hands with a young girl and a young boy, standing outside of the doorway of a building. Winnifred was a kinde...
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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The Thunder Lake Lumber Co.

Date: 1939
Description: A view from water of the Thunder Lake Lumber Co., one of the largest sawmills in Rhinelander. It was located on Lake Creek and operated until 1937.
Postcard

Shady Rest Cottage

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of Shady Rest Cottage at Lake Breeze Resort. The building has a stone chimney and there is a wooden bench swing in the front yard. Caption re...
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O'Konski and Obey

Date: 08 10 1974
Description: Wisconsin congressmen David Obey (left) and former congressman Alvin O'Konski breaking ground for a United States Forest Services genetics lab. After the c...

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