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Effie Alger Allen

Date: 09 1921
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Effie Alger Allen, a Medford resident and author of the poems "The Phantom Steamer" and "The First Red Man" (Poetry: A Magazi...
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Scene Near Westboro

Date: 10 01 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene Near Westboro, Wis." Water scene with a boat at the shore on the left. Trees, shrubs and foliage fill the landscape along the s...
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Buchholz Bros. Store

Date: 08 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Buchholz Bros. Store, Stetsonville, Wis". A group of men and a young boy pose on the porch of a brick General Store. A dog stands in ...
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Everything's Great

Date: 10 29 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Here I am at STETSONVILLE, WIS. In all the world no place like this. Everything's great and I'm feeling fine. Hope you'll write to me...
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Scene near Stetsonville

Date: 12 23 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene near Stetsonville, Wis." A man follows a herd of sheep through a pasture bounded by a split rail fence with supports. In the di...
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Warehouses and Depot

Date: 09 10 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Ware-houses and Depot, Stetsonville, Wis." View across railroad tracks towards a train station with a depot, warehouses, cattle loadi...
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Loading

Date: 06 06 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Rib Lake, Wis.", "Loading." and "Brown Photo." A lumberjack is standing on a load of logs pulled by a team of horses. Three more men ...
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North Harper Lake

Date: 03 06 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "North Harper Lake", "Photo by Brown", and "A Souvenir from Rib Lake, Wis." A view of the lake from a rise, surrounded by trees and sh...
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Going to Town

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Going to Town, Rib Lake, Wis." A farm couple driving their wagon, pulled by two oxen, into town. The wagon has wooden wheels and is l...
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Steam Skidder Train Engine

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Description: Several man posing by a steam skidder which is hauling logs.
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Deer Hunting Near Donald

Date: 1904
Description: A man is crouching next to a killed deer in a forest clearing. His rifle is leaning against a log. The man is lifting one of the deer's legs with one hand ...
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Deer Hunting Near Donald, Wisconsin

Date: 1904
Description: Three deer hunters are walking through the woods, holding their rifles. Two of the men are also carrying a killed deer hung from a pole resting on their sh...
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Porcupine

Date: 10 1930
Description: An adult porcupine standing on the branch of a tree. It appears that the porcupine has chewed off a smaller branch.
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Obey and Sweda at Press Conference

Date: 1968
Description: State Representatives David Obey and Joe Sweda facing each other at a press conference. The sign behind them reads, "Governor's Expenses Soar Under Knowles...
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Frozen Spring Farm Land

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Farmland covered in a spring frost.
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Snow Melting from the Roof

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Old house with melting snow dripping from the roof.
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Out for Lunch

Date: 1979
Description: The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center.
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Senior Center Lunch

Date: 01 1979
Description: Lunch at a Senior Center.
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Harvesting Red Clover

Date: 09 03 1895
Description: The Fred Judas family poses with their second crop of red clover, three miles south of Medford. With their rakes and mower, they are converting the red clo...
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1910
Description: Logging crew standing on planks and logs possibly in a sorting works on the Yellow River. One man holds a ledger and the others hold long cant hooks.

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