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Entrance to Scheer Bros. Boulder Lodge

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Description: A woman stands next to a boulder along a drive leading to cabins. "BOULDER LODGE" is printed on the boulder. Boulder Lodge is located on Ghost Lake.
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Moccasin Resort

Date: 1932
Description: Stone retaining wall along a road leading to a northern Wisconsin resort property on Lac Court Oreilles Lake. A pavilion and buildings border the road. The...
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Northwoods Inn

Date: 1935
Description: View from road of clapboard buildings, one with a large enclosed front porch, bordering the roadway. There is a Cities Service Oils gas pump and a sign for...
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Eggert's Point Henry Resort Rowboat

Date: 1935
Description: Man with oar sitting in rowboat with a motor attached, paddling near shore of Spider Lake. "Point Henry Resort" is stenciled on the side of the boat.
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Hanson's on Spring Lake

Date: 1935
Description: View towards shoreline of nine wooden rowboats pulled up on shore. "Hanson's" is stenciled on the bows. A low bench looks out over the tree-lined lake.
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Smeade's Cloverleaf Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Variety of buildings reflected in Teal Lake. A wooden rowboat is tied to a pier on the lake. The Teal River is rushing over a nearby dam and along the dirt...
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Up Where the North Begins

Date: 1935
Description: Two outhouses in the woods made of vertical logs. On their doors, one says "PA" and the other says "MA". There is an automobile with two small boys sitting...
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Hank's Inn

Date: 1938
Description: Two-story log building with a Grain Belt Beer/Hank's Inn sign at the Pinehurst Inn on Lower Clam Lake.
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Entrance to Clam Lake Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: A car can be seen in the distance driving down the highway towards an entrance sign for "McCorison's Clam Lake Lodge-Cabins Boats Musky Pike Bass."
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Cormican's Cabins

Date: 1938
Description: View from road of a man, woman and boy sitting in the entry way of a cabin, with another cabin, a canoe, and an automobile on the right. A sign says "Clam ...
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Exterior of Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of a one-story log cabin with stone foundation, the Log Cabin Lodge on Lake Millicent. There is a sign on the right side that says "Drink Coc...
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Norseman Lodge Hotel

Date: 1934
Description: Exterior view of the Norseman Lodge with Lake Millicent visible in the background. The larger building on the right has a sign that says "Hotel." A bird ho...
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Boat at Dock, Norseman Lodge

Date: 1933
Description: View looking out over Lake Millicent from steep hill at Norseman Lodge. In the foreground is a chair and diving board on the dock. One boat is tied to the ...
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Entrance to Voss' Birchwood Lodge

Date: 1933
Description: View of the entrance to Voss' Birchwood Lodge on Spider Lake. On the right are two birdhouses and a log entrance that says Voss' Resort. On the right is a ...
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Tower Tea Room

Date: 1938
Description: View down road of an automobile parked outside the two-story Tower Tea Room, Rest Lake. The one-story building on the right has a sign that says "Crank Cas...
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Minne-wawa Resort

Date: 1933
Description: View of the Minne-wawa Resort. There are two small cottages that have signs that say "Minne-wawa," and in the background is one large country house and man...
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Ottawa Lodge

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of the two-story, log Ottawa Lodge, located 2 miles west of Kenton on M28, Upper Michigan. The lodge building has a front porch and chimney. ...
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Three Outhouses

Date: 1935
Description: View of three outhouses surrounded by trees, two say "Women" and one says "Men." Also on the negative is written “Air Conditioned CABINS FOR RENT! By the d...
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Float at Island View Resort on Lake Owen

Date: 1930
Description: View across water of seven people wearing bathing suits on the float or wooden raft in Lake Owen at the Island View Resort. There is a large umbrella on th...
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Three Men with Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of three men wearing pants, belts and long sleeve button up shirts holding a stringer of fish they caught. The wooden boats behind them say Nature Lov...

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