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Hotel and Mercer Supply Company

Date: 1911
Description: View of the hotel across from the Mercer Supply Company. There is a small dog in the right foreground.
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Storefronts in Mercer

Date: 1939
Description: Automobiles and trucks parked along Main Street in Mercer. Storefront signs on the left side read: Sweet Shop, Drug, The Store, Coffee Shop, and Rugee's Me...
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Main Street

Date: 1936
Description: View looking at the automobiles parked in front of the stores along Main Street. Storefront signs on the left say: Mercer Auto Company, Mercer Garage, Good...
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Gas Station on Main Street

Date: 1938
Description: View looking at automobiles and storefronts down one side of Main Street. On the left corner is the downtown gas station with a sign for Firestone. Other s...
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Forest Ranger Station

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view of the forest and the two-story Forest Ranger Station with two automobiles parked out front.
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The Flowage, Mercer Fish Hatchery

Date: 1932
Description: View across water of The Flowage showing the Mercer Fish Hatchery building on the left. Two people are in a boat on the far left, a bridge is in the center...
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Bird's-eye View of Mercer

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view overlooking Mercer. Roads, trees and buildings are visible.
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Main Street

Date: 1935
Description: View looking down Main Street showing automobiles, light poles, and storefronts. Signs are visible for the "Drugstore" and "The Store."
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Holst's Log Cabin

Date: 1933
Description: Road lined with stones leading up to the one-story Holst's Log Cabin in the woods.
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Entrance to Mercer Tourist Park

Date: 1931
Description: View of the road and entrance to Mercer Tourist Park on Grand Portage Lake showing the fences, road and buildings. The larger building on the left has a st...
Photograph

Mercer Tourist Park, Lakeshore View

Date: 1932
Description: View from the shoreline at Mercer Tourist Park showing people on the dock and floating rafts in the lake.
Photograph

Whispering Pines Dock

Date: 1934
Description: View of the lake shore and U-shaped dock at Whispering Pines.
Postcard

Camp Keewatin

Date: 10 24 1911
Description: Elevated view of the camp along a lake.
Postcard

Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake

Date: 12 01 1911
Description: An elevated view from hill of Pokegama Camp at Spider Lake. Caption reads: "Pokegama Camp, Spider Lake, Mercer, Wis."
Postcard

Out for a Stroll

Date: 
Description: View towards a black bear walking up a road. Text reads: "Out for a Stroll, Greetings from Mercer, Wisconsin."
Postcard

The Oasis

Date: 1912
Description: View from water towards a shoreline and a log cabin in the woods by a lake. Rowboats and a small pier are at the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Oasis, Merc...
Postcard

Echo Lodge, Echo Lake

Date: 1947
Description: View across lake towards cottages on the shoreline surrounded by pine trees. A rowboat and canoe are on the shore. Caption reads: "Echo Lodge, Echo Lake, M...
Postcard

Beaver Lodge

Date: 1953
Description: View towards a man wearing a hat and tall boots who is standing with his hand on a large wheel, perhaps a mill wheel, which is leaning against trees on the...

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