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| Description: | A cabin at Clear Lake (Vilas County), a small Chippewa (Ojibwa) settlement, occupied by a white man and his Native American wife. This image is part of an ... |
| Date: | 11 12 1906 |
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| Description: | "An annual crop of rocks" at the George A. Nelson Farm. |
| Date: | 08 10 1946 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of three women. (l to r) Song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas, Mrs. Kamma Grumstrup, a singer of old ballads in Danish, and possibly Beri... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across yard towards a residence. Caption reads: "Residence Scene Osceola, Wis." |
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| Description: | Tent covering the excavation site of the bones of extinct bison. Milo Mickelson and Lester Giesler are standing in the doorway of the tent. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of U.S. Marshall Canon's summer cottage. The two-story cottage has an outdoor porch and is surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children pose for a photograph as they relax in the woods around a large hammock. In the background is a shoreline. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Oscar Steinkopf and his horse Jim. They are haying on Steinkopf's 40-acre farm. The photograph was taken by Alvin Steinkopf, Oscar's son, a Milwaukee journ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Alvin Steinkopf (left), a Milwaukee journalist, dressed for work on the farm of his parents, Mathilda and Oscar Steinkopf. The Steinkopfs farmed 40 acres n... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of J.P.M. Olsen, painter, paper-hanger, and decorator from Durholm, Wisconsin (previously of Milltown, Wisconsin). There is a profile image of a... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the Court House. A large belfry is above the arched entrance way. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a log cabin in the woods. Caption reads: "Log Cabin, Dixie Lodge, Balsam Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd of men, women and children, gathered for some unidentified occasion, standing in the street. There is also a group of people gathere... |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road towards the M.E. Church, a white wooden building with a bell tower. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Centuria, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Swedish Lutheran Church, a brick building with a bell tower and steeple. Stained-glass windows are on the front and sides. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school, which is a two-story wooden building with a bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, Centuria, Wis." |
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| Description: | View from hill of Frederic, with a creamery in the center. Three men are standing near the doorway of the creamery, and an automobile is parked in front. H... |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of a cabin called "Cedar" at the Whispering Pines Methodist Camp on Spirit Lake. |
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