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Radisson Cabin

Date: 1655
Description: Front view of the Radisson cabin, the first house built by a white man in Wisconsin. It was built between 1650 and 1660 on Chequamegon Bay, in the vicinity...
Photograph

Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of Little Norway buildings near a hill.
Photograph

Little Norway

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of buildings at "Little Norway."
Photograph

Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
Photograph

Vieau Historic Site Marker with Log Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Historic marker placed on the site of the first cabin built in Milwaukee, 1795. A replica cabin is behind. The plaque says: On this site the first permane...
Photograph

Replica House

Date: 
Description: A view of the replica of the first house on Revolutionary Burial Hill.
Postcard

Scene at Little Norway

Date: 07 20 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A log building stands to the left and the chassis of a wagon to the right. Text below reads: "Scene at L...
Photograph

Norwegian Log Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway).
Photograph

Granary

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Description: Exterior of the granary in Nissedahle (Little Norway).
Photograph

Norwegian Cabin

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a two-story cabin in Nissedahle (Little Norway). There is a cafe on the first floor.
Photograph

Residential Street and Log Cabin

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Description: View down a residential street featuring colonial homes and a log cabin.
Photograph

Ethan Allen Highway

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Description: View down Ethan Allen highway. To the right stands "The House by the Side of the Road."
Photograph

Reklau Log House

Date: 08 1992
Description: "John and Lydia Reklau pose by the Reklau Log House, the newest addition to the Theresa Historical Society grounds. The house was moved from a site two mil...
Photograph

Theresa Historical Society Members

Date: 04 24 1993
Description: "Historical Society members tour the newly-moved log building on the Society grounds. John Bodden and Les Beck are 4th and 5th from the left."
Photograph

Bell Dedication

Date: 08 1995
Description: "At the Theresa Historical Society grounds, Les Beck and John Bodden dedicate an 800-lb. bell that called children to school for 65 years at the Theresa Pu...
Postcard

Turck-Schottler House at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Color photographic postcard of the Turck-Schottler house at Old World Wisconsin near Eagle. It is an 1875 German blockbau building tradition that is listed...
Photograph

Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.
Postcard

Old Falls Village

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Description: Winter view of Umhoefer Log Cabin, built in 1845. Located at Pilgrim Road and County Line "Q." Text on back reads: "The Miller-Davidson House is a 19th Cen...
Photograph

Madeline Island Historical Museum

Date: 1970
Description: View of the Madeline Island Historical Museum and a fence framed by two trees. A wooden sign points the way.
Photograph

Guest House at Forest Lodge

Date: 1945
Description: Two-story vertical log structure with cedar shake roof and a boarded over screen porch. The building is located in a woodland and lawn setting on the groun...

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