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Windmill and Gas Station

Date: 1931
Description: Windmill and Gas Station. Written on back: "The 'Service Station.'"
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Al Peterson

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Description: A man and woman are standing together outdoors. People are in a field in the background. Written on back: "Al Peterson (Lieutenant)."
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Stone Building

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Description: Three men standing in front of a stone building. Written on back: "At the 'Dynamite House.' Bob Barnard, Floyd Preston, Bill Barnard."
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Man in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: A man wearing a coat, necktie and cap is standing at the top of wood and slab stone steps with rustic railing at an entrance to the lodge at Trout Lake. A ...
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Woman in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: Woman standing on the sidewalk in front of the lodge at Trout Lake. The building is constructed of logs, with rustic railings, and stone slab steps with ro...
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Man and Woman with Fire Watch Seaplane

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Description: A man and a woman are standing on a shoreline in front of a fire watch seaplane pulled up onto the beach. On the tail of the plane is the Piper Cub logo fe...
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Northern Lights Greeting Card

Date: 1947
Description: Greeting card with a drawing of an outdoor scene of a snow-covered log-cabin in the woods, with the northern lights in the sky. Smoke is coming out of the ...
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Trout Lake Greeting Card

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Description: Greeting card with a drawing of an elevated view of log buildings at Trout Lake. Snow is on the ground and on the roofs of the buildings.
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Log Cabin Greeting Card

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Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a log cabin in the woods. Snow is on the ground, and wreaths are in the windows and on the door.
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Red Truck Greeting Card

Date: 1940
Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a person driving a red truck fast on a snow-covered road. The bed filled to bursting with supplies, including a turkey that...
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Deer in Snow Greeting Card

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Description: Greeting card with a drawing of a deer in the snow, pausing in front of a snow-covered rustic gate on a road in the woods. A sign on the gate reads: "D.L....
Postcard

The Famous Little Bohemia Lodge

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Description: Exterior view of the lodge. Cars are parked in front, and a man is standing among trees. Caption reads: "The Famous Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish, Wisco...
Postcard

Northwoods Tavern

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Description: Exterior view of tavern, with two entrances. The windows and doors are arched at the top and there are eyebrow vents on the roof. Caption reads: "Northwood...
Postcard

Jake Skall's Colonial Wonder Bar

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Description: Exterior view of the Colonial Wonder Bar. Caption reads: "Jake Skall's Colonial Wonder Bar, Appleton, Wis." Text on back reads: "The New Skyline Dining Roo...
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Lost Creek

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Description: Hand-colored view of Lost Creek. Snow is on the ground.
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Merry Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Woodcut illustration of four people snowshoeing through the woods at night. There are stars in the sky. One person is pulling a cut pine tree, and another ...
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Tobogganing

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Description: View down hill toward a group of children walking up the hill in the snow. The children at the back of the line are dragging a toboggan. There appears to b...

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