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Camp at Michipicoton

Date: 1850
Description: View of Michipicoton, Ontario on Lake Superior showing a village with log structures and tents. Fishing nets are drying on poles.
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Railroad Land Sales

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Description: A colored advertising card that was issued by the Land Department of the Wisconsin Central Railroad in order to promote the sale of railroad-owned land in ...
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Deleglise Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: The first house in Antigo, the Deleglise cabin, built in 1878. Caption reads: "Deleglise Club, First House in Antigo, Built in 1877, Antigo, Wis." Handwrit...
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Grignon Block House

Date: 1850
Description: The Grignon block house, "where the first Mass was said."
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School House

Date: 1910
Description: Log school house, erected about 1860.
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Delavan Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards cabins on the shore of Delavan Lake, with three women standing near the base of a pier. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Delavan Lake, ...
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The Philosopher Press

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Philosopher Press.
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Bagli Log Cabin

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Description: View of the Bagli log cabin, built in 1844 by Knut Bagli, 1.5 miles south of Utica on the Edgerton Road.
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Logging Museum

Date: 1920
Description: Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis."
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Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the cabin on the property of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was buil...
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Governor Doty's Log Cabin

Date: 1905
Description: Governor Doty's log cabin. Two people are sitting and standing in the front yard.
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the home of Governor James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Caption reads: "Grand Loggery--Home of James Doty. Second Territori...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Front view of the home of James Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery," built in 1844. Caption reads: "Neenah, Wis. The 'Loggery."
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1906
Description: Front view of the home of Janes Duane Doty on Doty's Island, "the loggery." Caption reads: "Neenah, Wis. The 'Loggery', built and occupied by ex-Gov. Doty....
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1910
Description: Doty's Loggery. Caption printed under image reads: "Governor James Duane Doty, in 1845, built this log house on Doty's Island (Menasha), and resided there ...
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Doty Loggery

Date: 1905
Description: Doty's Loggery, the home of James Duane Doty. Caption reads: "Governor Doty's Cottage, Neenah, Wis."
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Solomon Log Cabin Replica

Date: 1955
Description: View toward the front entrance of the cabin with a stone chimney on the right.
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Drawing of Grand Turk on Mississippi River

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Description: Drawing of Grand Turk steamboat on the river's edge. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririte Mississippithal".
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The Home of an Early Landglade County Settler

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Description: Two-story log cabin and shed in a forest. The building was used by early settlers in Langlade County near Antigo. Caption reads: "The Home of an Early Land...
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Log House on River Road

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard view of a log cabin with a front porch and vines growing on the side. Caption reads: "Log House on River Road, Beloit, Wis."

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