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Madeline Island Historical Museum Under Construction

Date: 1956
Description: Constructing the Madeline Island Historical Museum in La Pointe which consists of four separate buildings. L-to-r: jail; American Fur Trade storage buildin...
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Green Lake Farm

Date: 09 13 1983
Description: Farm located on Green Lake County highway FF near Belle Fountain Creek. This image shows the log cabin also seen in Image #36120 & #36121, and the barn in...
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Pathfinder Automobile Inside Log Barn

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Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder parked inside a log barn. Four people (two women, two men) are sitting in the car. The Pathfinder sign is on the back of t...
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Moore & Galloway Lumber Company Camp and Workers

Date: 1891
Description: Lumber company workers pose in front of buildings at the Moore & Galloway Lumber Company camp, about a quarter of a mile east of Pike Lake. The man in a wh...
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The One-Room Schoolhouse on the Priestaf Property

Date: 2004
Description: This old one-room schoolhouse is on the Priestaf property. Called the "Good Road School," it was closed in the 1950s. The Priestaf house is a log building.
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Newport

Date: 02 1924
Description: Three men pose on logs as a fourth walks toward them; there are axes and snowshoes on the ground. A large log barn, outhouse, and other buildings are in th...
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Farm of Henry Hoff

Date: 1895
Description: View from field of home and farm of Henry Hoff. Men and women stand on the porch of the large brick house. Beyond the house is a small log barn, dwarfed by...
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Group of People Posed at Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i...
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Log House on Sliver Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Log house with lean-to addition. There is another building in the background on the left. A road or path is in the foreground. Carl and Christine Peterson ...
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Roughan Home

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "The Roughan home, with the rude log house at the right and the barn in the background. It is typical of the desolate home Wisconsi...
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Vegetable Farm

Date: 05 2019
Description: View of the vegetable garden at a vegetable farm outside of Palmer. There is a barn and a log structure in the background.
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Six Men with Dead Deer

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Description: Handwritten on front: "A 4 hour Hunt." Handwritten on back: "4th man from left believed to be Teynor or Rural PD-C," and "An Art Roth Photo P.D.-C." The me...
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Michael Ahner Log House

Date: 1957
Description: A log house in the Ozaukee County Pioneer Village. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Typical of the home built by German Imm...
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Pioneer Village

Date: 1957
Description: A Pioneer Village with timber and masonry structures. Text on back reads: "Ozaukee County, Pioneer Village, Wisconsin. Authentic Buildings and Furnishings....

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