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Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Waupun photographer best known for his "tall-tale" or "freak" postcards.
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Pinehurst Bar

Date: 1938
Description: Interior of a tavern near Clam Lake. Bar stools are around a bar, and the walls covered with animal mounts, guns, traps, postcards, and signs. Liquor and c...
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Chippewa Group

Date: 1908
Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) group wearing traditional clothing photographed by A.J. Kingsbury, a photographer who produced many "documentary" postcards. This image...
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Undeliverable Post Cards

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Madison Post Office employees John T. McCullough, left, (4607 Tonyawatha Trail) and Robert Kurth (334 Glenway Street), look over unstamped, misaddressed, o...
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Two Men Standing in Freight Elevator

Date: 03 20 1913
Description: Two men are standing and facing each other at the back of a freight elevator. On the left side of the elevator are tools hanging from nails, and postcards ...
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Catch of Fish at Lake Namakagon

Date: 1930
Description: View of a pile of fish on a stringer lying in the grass, these fish may have been caught on Lake Namakagon. A person's hand appears at the top, holding the...
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Lake Mercer

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view overlooking Lake Mercer and surrounding forest.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1935
Description: View from road of Congregational Church.
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Iron Lake

Date: 1935
Description: Wooden boats along shoreline of Iron Lake.
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Star Lake

Date: 1938
Description: View across Star Lake towards the opposite tree-lined shoreline.
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Airplane View of Lake Owen

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of Lake Owen between Cable and Drummond.
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Cottage at McFarland's Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Cottage on hillside near shore of Round Lake.
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Highway 63

Date: 1936
Description: Guardrail along Highway 63, bordered with dense vegetation.
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Bachman Cabin on McLaren Lake

Date: 1938
Description: Two-story home located in the woods.
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Chippewa River

Date: 1937
Description: Chippewa River from bridge near Glidden.
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Public School

Date: 1935
Description: The public school in Iron River.
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Whispering Pines Dock

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

Date: 1935
Description: Aerial view of Alex LeTourneau's Resort on Spider Lake.
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Copper Falls

Date: 1935
Description: View of Bad River rushing over cliff at Copper Falls State Park.
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The Gorge at Copper Falls

Date: 1935
Description: The Bad River flowing through boulders and a gorge.

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