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Steve Meleski Ice Fishing

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Steve Meleski kneeling near his ice fishing hole at Thunder lake. Other people are fishing on the lake behind him. The shoreline is wooded, and there are b...
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Ice Fishing Trio

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Lee Jameson, Walter Jameson, and Jim Stern clearing an ice fishing hole in Thunder Lake.
Postcard

Mann's Resort, Trout Lake

Date: 08 06 1911
Description: A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin...
Postcard

"The Narrows" Trout Lake

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis."
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Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station

Date: 1914
Description: A view of the Lake Tomahawk ranger station taken about 1914 when the buildings were new. Shows the ranger's residence, water tower, the barn for horses wit...
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072 - Paul Bunyan Pageant

Date: 1941
Description: Scene from pageant, with many campers in costume acting out the story of Paul Bunyan. The group is posed sitting and standing outdoors in a sunny, grassy a...
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073 - Cast of Paul Bunyan Pageant

Date: 1941
Description: Group portrait of the cast of the Paul Bunyan pageant. All of the campers are in costume, and are arranged in a semi-circle around some of the implements u...
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Model T's as Snowmobiles

Date: 01 31 1926
Description: Winter scene of early snowmobile race at Rangeline Lake. Bill Neu (right), winner, Harold Hansen (left). Special conversion kits were available which allow...
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Sue Ann Hackett in Daniel Boone Costume

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett standing outdoors in her first-prize Daniel Boone costume, along with badge prize attached to her belt. Sue Ann is holding a sign on a stic...
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Sue Ann Hackett on Outdoor Camping Trip

Date: 1950
Description: Sue Ann Hackett kneeling and holding a tin cup on an outdoor camping trip. There is a tarp in the foreground with dishes and food containers. Birch trees a...
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Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station

Date: 1991
Description: Exterior view of the ranger station at 7271 Main Street.
Postcard

Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest

Date: 1909
Description: View up a dirt path leading through a pine forest. Caption reads: "Northern Wisconsin Pine Forest, Near Hazelhurst, Wis."
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Paper Mill

Date: 01 1936
Description: Two large smokestacks rise from the 1903 building of the Rhinelander Paper Company. Railroad tracks are crossing the left foreground diagonally; a second s...
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 05 1936
Description: View down a fieldstone-lined stream towards a graceful stone bridge crossing the stream at the fish hatchery. A one and one half story building with a porc...
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Fire Garage

Date: 1937
Description: A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l...
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Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1935
Description: An unidentified man standing on a lawn is holding a 48 pound muskie by a wood handled hook. There is a lake in the background, and on the right, the rustic...
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Pan Fish

Date: 07 1939
Description: A young woman is standing and posing with a stringer of panfish in front of a car with a small travel trailer behind it. She is wearing a wide leg bib over...
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Camping

Date: 07 1939
Description: Elevated view of two young women, wearing nearly identical bib overall-style playsuits, are standing posing holding stringers of pan fish. There are three ...
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Fishing at Dam Lake

Date: 08 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man fishing from a rowboat near the shore. He is wearing a light shirt and vest, and a hat. Other boats are moore...

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