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The Inventor

Date: 1931
Description: Joe Mietus, 16, poses at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Has invented several home made farm tools. Also has...
Photograph

Gene Mayo

Date: 1931
Description: Gene Mayo, 14, poses in front of double doors holding his cap. He is a student at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is writ...
Photograph

Tom Simoc

Date: 1931
Description: Tom Simoc, 14, poses with a Guernsey cow near a log barn. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Won prizes at Co. Fair, 1930." Tom was the son of N...
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
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Young Finlanders

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Description: Group portrait of children and young adults posing outside a building. Caption reads: "A club of young Finlanders - Vilas Co. Every one has a field of pota...
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Norway Pine Forest

Date: 1942
Description: A man, likely a conservation warden, stands looking upward with his left hand resting on the trunk of a tree near the Star lake Ranger Station. The trees ...
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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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