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American Shipbuilding Company

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Description: A man is standing in front of huge blocks of ice at the American Shipbuilding Company. The ship "War Otter" is in the background. A large chunk of ice tied...
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Bong P-38 Memorial

Date: 1950
Description: An early view of the Richard Ira Bong Memorial - a P-38, although not a plane that Bong himself flew. The plane was acquired from the Air Force by the loca...
Postcard

Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium

Date: 1905
Description: The Evergreen Park Cottage Sanatorium, where in 1903 Dr. W.B. Hopkins opened the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Wisconsin. Financial problems caused the ...
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Pattison State Park

Date: 01 31 1936
Description: View across snow towards a concession building on the left and a parked truck on the right. Caption on back reads: "Concession building is at the left. The...
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Pattison State Park

Date: 01 31 1936
Description: The description on the back reads: "The custodian building in Pattison Park which will not conform with the Combination building 200 feet away if the latte...
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Pattison State Park

Date: 01 31 1936
Description: View across snow towards concession building with an automobile parked in front near the porch. There is a Hamm's Beer sign hanging off the roof. Annotatio...
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Stony Hill at Brule River State Forest

Date: 1960
Description: Tall trees in a snowy forest on a sunny day.
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Stony Hill Logs at Brule

Date: 1960
Description: Several men are working with logs and equipment in Brule River State Forest.
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Home in Winter

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered yard towards a woman and child posing while sitting on the porch of a two-story house surrounded by snow-covered trees and...
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Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: B.O. Webster, superintendent of fisheries, on the left in an overcoat, and an unidentified man carrying a pail and dipper, on the right, are walking along ...
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Trail of the Abominable Snowman

Date: 03 1961
Description: Tracks in the snow seen by moonlight on the shore of the Eau Claire River.
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Pattison Park

Date: 02 1962
Description: Two children breaking a trail through new snow at a park. Trees are in the background and on the right.
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Boys Playing Hockey

Date: 1979
Description: Two boys playing hockey on a skating rink.
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Brule to Lake Nebagamon

Date: 1950
Description: A snow-covered road disappears over a hill on a county highway between the Brule River and Lake Nebagamon. Pine trees line both sides of the road.
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Snowshoe Trail

Date: 02 1957
Description: Snowshoe tracks crossing a fresh snowfall in Pattison State Park. The tracks disappear around a curve into the trees.
Postcard

Opening of Navigation Season

Date: 06 14 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Opening of Navigation Season, First Giant Freighters Entering Ship Canal and Duluth-Superior Harbor." On reverse: "The navigation sea...

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