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Oscar Zerk in his Office

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Description: Oscar Zerk is sitting at his desk in his office holding a Zerk grease gun in his hand. There is a taxidermied owl on the cabinet on the right, and a large ...
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Oscar Zerk at a Desk

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Description: Oscar Zerk is sitting at a desk holding a paper in his hand. The room is decorated with two taxidermied birds, and a large picture window is behind the des...
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Hotel du Nord

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Hotel du Nord, Sister Bay (Door County) Wisconsin. The giant fireplace, reaching two stories high, is located in the lobby where ma...
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At Lost Lake Resort

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "At Lost Lake Resort, Sayner, Wis." The lodge at a Northern Wisconsin resort is built of logs. Chairs are arranged around the fireplac...
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Lofty Pines Lodge

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Lofty Pines Lodge. Big St. Germain Lake. St. Germain, Wisconsin. American and European Plan." Interior view of a lodge at a Norther...
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Moon Beach Camp

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Interior of the Lodge – Moon Beach Camp. Rt. 1, St. Germain, Wisconsin." Comfortable chairs and a sofa are grouped in front o...
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Meat Market

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of a meat market, with four men standing behind the counters. Deer head trophies are mounted on the back wall. Caption on back reads, in part...
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Interior Recreation Building

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Description: View of a sitting room in the Le Toureau Spider Lake Summer Resort recreation building. A stuffed bobcat is on the mantle. Shelves of books are above a des...
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Reception Room, Moccasin Resort, Lake Court Oreilles

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Description: View of a sitting room decorated with Native American blankets and a totem pole. A stuffed bear is next to the stairs which go up to a landing that leads t...
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Parks's Studio

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Description: View inside what may be Parks's photography studio. There is a camera on the right, and a Sylvan Red Cross wood burning stove on the left. Through an open ...
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H.W. Simon Paint Store Window

Date: 04 25 1935
Description: H.W. Simon Paint Store window, 1904 Monroe Street. Shows Mautz paint display and H.W. Simon, Decorator sign. The interior of the store can be seen through ...
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Newsletter Photo Souvenir

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Description: Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a sepia-toned picture of a girl (Jessica Trumble) dressed a...
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Kilkare Lodge Lobby

Date: 1948
Description: The lobby, with a stone fireplace at the Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. There are stuffed deer on mantels flanking the fireplace, and on the mantel ab...
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Kilkare Lodge Dining Room

Date: 1948
Description: The dining room in Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. Windows line both sides of the room. Two women are sitting at tables at the far end of the room near...
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Stone Fireplace

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Description: Stone fireplace in lodge, with two rocking chairs in front of it. A stuffed owl is on the mantle.
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C.C. Lincoln

Date: 1903
Description: Ceylon Childs Lincoln standing near a bench in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum. He was the museum attendant and janitor. There are sculptures and p...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...
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Herbert Brumder at His Desk

Date: 1915
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder sitting and reading in an upholstered chair in front of a desk. He is smoking a pipe and there is a small smoking stand to the right o...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Carl Wettengel, a board member of the rifle club, addressing a room full of parents and youth members inside the clubhouse about the history of the group. ...
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1940
Description: A taxidermied specimen of a tiger muskellunge photographed in a naturalistic setting.

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