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Tall-tale Postcard: Peaches

Date: 1911
Description: Three young boys gather around a wheelbarrow filled with giant peaches. One of the boys is holding a peach that has been broken open, exposing its pit. Two...
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Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Blanket Toss — Eskimo Style

Date: 07 21 1973
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of people bundled up in colorful coats, standing in a snowy landscape. They are all holding one blanket and looking up to...
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Lac Courte Oreilles

Date: 08 18 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Lake Court Oreilles, Reserve Wis." A man in a rowboat looks out over the lake from a tree lined bay.
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Hardscrabble Ski Area

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Hardscrabble Ski Area...Rice Lake, Wis." Text on reverse, "Hardscrabble, Inc. Rice Lake, Wis. The Cadillac of ski areas . . . ask the...
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World's First Snowmobile

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse reads: "World's First Snowmobile, Sayner, Wisconsin. Invented in 1924 by Carl Eliason of Sayner (pictured). This machine is liquid cooled, ...
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Hunting Club

Date: 07 07 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Hunting Club, Seymour, Wis." A group of men are posing with their guns and a dog around a table in a hunting camp.
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Northernaire

Date: 1961
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Open Year 'Round." View of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake, an Art Moderne hotel built in 1...

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