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  1. View from Rest Lake fire tower. 1934 - Tower Tea Room restaurant & tavern buildings; Highway 51 and County Road W; Rest Lake in the background

    Record Type: Photo

    1934 view from Rest Lake fire tower
  2. View from fire tower of Tower Tea Room building and Rest Lake. 1933-1934 - Aerial view of the Tower Tea Room building and Rest Lake taken from the top of the Rest Lake Fire Tower. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 660, Mercer, WI Photograph album 1933-1934

    Record Type: Photo

    Tower Tea Room
  3. View from top of Rest Lake Dam looking downstream to Dam (Vance) Lake. 1892-1906 - This is the second wood dam at this site, constructed in 1892. This image was taken before 1906 when river drive logging was over as the dam appears to be operational yet in this image.

    Record Type: Photo

    ca 1892-1906 Dam (Vance) Lake from dam
  4. View from top of Rest Lake Dam looking downstream. Chippewa Lumber and Boom logging camp in the background. ca early 1900s

    Record Type: Photo

    ca early 1900s
  5. View of Barr fish lock from below the Rest Lake dam. ca 1930's - Downstream view of the fish lock.

    Record Type: Photo

    View of Barr fish lock from below the Rest Lake dam. ca 1930's
  6. View of CCC Camp Mercer ca 1934-1938 - CCC Company 660 Camp Mercer showing the camp buildings and people walking around the camp.

    Record Type: Photo

    CCC Camp Mercer
  7. View of Dam or Vance Lake Ca. 1920-1930

    Record Type: Photo

    Rest Lake Ca. 1920-1935
  8. View of Keith Island from Cattail Cove on Big Lake. ca 1930s - Prentiss - Big Lake Collection

    Record Type: Photo

    Prentiss Keith Moody Collection
  9. View of Koerner's Coffee shop and Oval Bar ca 1940s-1950s - These pictures are from a Koerner's Spider Lake Resort photo album. The highway bridge and Manitou Island are visible. Shows the shore line of Manitowish Lake.

    Record Type: Photo

    Koerner's Coffee shop far right
  10. View of Manitowish Lake and Manito Island - Date unknown

    Record Type: Photo

    Manito Island on Manitowish Lake
  11. View of Manitowish Lake and Manito Island from Koerner's Spider Lake Resort 1938 - The resort was located on both Spider and Manitowish Lake. This picture is of the Manitowish Lake view.

    Record Type: Photo

    Manito Island on Manitowish Lake 1938
  12. View of Manitowish Lake and Manito Island from the Highway 51 bridge ca 1930s

    Record Type: Photo

    ca 1930s Manito Island and Highway 51 bridge
  13. View of Manitowish Lake with Manito Island and Deer Park Lodge in the background. ca 1960s - Picture taken from the north shore of the lake

    Record Type: Photo

    Manitowish Lake ca 1960s
  14. View of dam from Rest Lake ca 1926-1923 - This is the second wooden dam at Rest and Dam (Vance) Lakes. It was built in 1892, had 3 spillways and iron bullwheels on the deck. River drive logging was done by 1906 so this image appears to be after that based on the vegetation growing in the foreground. This dam was repaired in 1915 and replaced with a concrete structure in 1923.

    Record Type: Photo

    Rest Lake dam
  15. View of the CCC barracks from the river. 1933-1934 - View of the camp barracks from the Manitowish River. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 660, Mercer, WI Photograph album 1933-1934

    Record Type: Photo

    River view of the CCC Camp Mercer barracks
  16. Views of Spider Lake from Koerner's Resort 1930s - These pictures are looking up Spider Lake from the resort toward the channel to Island Lake. Note: the postmark dates on the postcards are not the date the picture was taken.

    Record Type: Photo

    1930 postcard front
  17. Vilas Lumber Company. ca 1906 - Images are the same on these 2 postcards. One says it if of the mill in Winegar, WI (Winchester), the other says it is of Fosterville, Wi (Presque Isle). Image 1 is from Boulder Junction, WI Library. Image 2 was found on social media.

    Record Type: Photo

    Lumber mill at Fosterville, WI
  18. Virgin Forest Park Dance Pavilion 1924 - Loveless Photo collection Virgin Forest Park Pavilion interior - shows stage with piano, tables on the right of the photo. On a duplicate of this photo a handwritten caption is printed on the bottom. It reads "Alright lets have a tune 1924"

    Record Type: Photo

    Virgin Forest Park Pavilion - interior
  19. Virgin Forest Park Pavilion 1924 - Loveless Photo Collection Pavilion - interior tables and bar visible (No caption by Ella except for the year 1924)

    Record Type: Photo

    Virgin Forest dance pavilion on Alder Lake
  20. Virgin Forest Park Pavilion 1924-1935 - Interior of Robert Loveless' Virgin Forest Pavilion and dance hall. The building was 52' x 116'.

    Record Type: Photo

    Band stand

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