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Postcard

Rhinelander Paper Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View from bridge looking towards the paper mill and railroad bridge on the Wisconsin River outside of Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River and Pape...
Photograph

Rhinelander First National Bank

Date: 08 1911
Description: Exterior view of First National Bank under construction.
Postcard

Congregational Church

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of a congregational church. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, Rhinelander, Wis."
Photograph

View of Minocqua from Boxcar

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of the town from a boxcar. People are posing in the street on the right. A lake is in the upper right, and railroad tracks and a rail car are...
Photograph

View of Minocqua from Boxcar

Date: 1916
Description: Elevated view of the town from a boxcar. A railroad train is headed towards a bridge over the lake. Caption reads: The ideal fishing resort of the One Thou...
Photograph

Rhinelander Butcher Shop

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of a butcher shop, with a male butcher sharpening a knife behind a counter lined with cuts of meat, sausages and a scale. Behind the counter ...
Map or Atlas

Rhinelander, Wisconsin : The Center of the Lake District of Northern Wisconsin [and] the Great Fishing and Summer Resort Region of the State

Date: 1915
Description: This 1915 map shows railroads, wagon roads, trails, creeks, rivers, lakes, and trout streams in Oneida and Lincoln counties within a 12 mile radius of Rhin...
Historical Essay

Shepard, Eugene S. (1854-1923)

Lumberman, Resort Operator and Humorist
Biography of Eugene Shepard, whose "Hodag" monster hoax made Oneida County a tourist attraction.
Historical Essay

Lithuanians in Wisconsin

Learn about the Lithuanians who emigrated to Wisconsin in the early 20th century and again after World War II.
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.
Postcard

Mann's Resort, Trout Lake

Date: 08 06 1911
Description: A postcard sent by C.L. (Neal) Harrington to his sister Alice Harrington in Hurley, Wisconsin. A young man is standing near a fence on the right, and behin...
Postcard

"The Narrows" Trout Lake

Date: 08 05 1916
Description: View across water of The Narrows in Trout Lake. There are people in a canoe out on the lake. Caption reads: "'The Narrows' Trout Lake, Wood Cliff, Wis."
Photograph

Lake Tomahawk Ranger Station

Date: 1914
Description: A view of the Lake Tomahawk ranger station taken about 1914 when the buildings were new. Shows the ranger's residence, water tower, the barn for horses wit...
Postcard

Edward O. and Clara Brown House

Date: 02 27 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Frederick Street, Rhinelander, Wis." View from the street level sidewalk of the Edward O. and Clara Brown House, built in 1892 for th...
Postcard

View on Wisconsin River

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "View on Wisconsin River, Rhinelander, Wis." A trestle railroad bridge crosses turbulent water on the Wisconsin River. The rocky shore...
Birth Index Record

Kretlow, Karl E

Date: 1910-10-03
County: Oneida
Birth Index Record

Surmcewicz, Joseph M

Date: 1910-11-21
County: Oneida
Property Record

8329 SCHROEDER RD

Community: Minocqua
County: Oneida
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 107455
Property Record

8329 SCHROEDER RD

Community: Minocqua
County: Oneida
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 107456
Property Record

9299 COUNTRY CLUB RD

Community: Minocqua
County: Oneida
Historic Name: Minocqua Country Club (Clubhouse)
Reference Number: 107478

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