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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view down hill toward the lake. Caption reads: "South Clear Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | The football team of clear Lake High School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator, is second from the left in the front row. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front ... |
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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 ... |
| An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900 |
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| Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900. |
| Date: | 09 1925 |
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| Description: | The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall. |
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| Description: | View of a rural lake with a footbridge leading to a small island. |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson and Sherman Benson as boys in front of the Nelson home during the winter with a dog and sled. |
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| Description: | View of Clear Lake from shoreline. A small, tree-covered island is visible, with a tree-lined shore in the background. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A man carries a canoe on his shoulders while portaging through a thickly-wooded area. |
| Community: | Clear Lake |
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| County: | Polk |
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| Reference Number: | 26210 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of across street toward buildings, which include the offices of Dr. L. Campbell (house on the left) and Dr. Anton Nelson, the father ... |
| 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. |
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| Description: | Three women, wearing dresses and bonnets, standing up in a small boat fishing. A tree-lined shore is visible in the background. |
| Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
| Community: | Clear Lake |
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| County: | Polk |
| Historic Name: | Bounty Land/Grand Army of the Republic Mem. Parade Ground |
| Reference Number: | 224278 |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the side of the creamery, with two men standing at an open door at the end of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Creamery Clear Lake Wis." |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women, and children gather for a picnic in the woods. A large picnic blanket covers the ground as the individuals pose for a photograph. |
| 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: | 1898 |
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| Description: | An interior view of U.S. Marshall Canon's summer cottage. Behind a table, a wall is decorated from floor to ceiling with photographs and other artwork, as ... |
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