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  1. "All Hims are Hers" All Male Revue at Koerner's Spider Lake Auditorium. 8/24/1950 - Left to Right: John "Mac" McFarland, John Snyder, Adolf Mussatti, Charlie Rayala Sr., ?, Chuck Johnson, Ed Pangburn, Corky, Cal LaPorte, ?, ?, Bill Kahn, Orville Ratliff, Tom Crawford, Ted Daniels.

    Record Type: Photo

    Male Revue "All Hims is Hers"
  2. "Bob Town"- Picture of a boat house and boats most likely at one end of Richard Southgate's hand dug canals to/from his summer estate on Little Trout Lake. 1898 - "Bob Town" was named after Southgate's fishing guide, right hand man and caretaker, Robert "Bob" Loveless, who built the first few cabins at Southgate's summer estate on Little Trout Lake. The tall man standing in front might be Southgate.

    Record Type: Photo

    1898 Bob Town- part of Southgate canal systems
  3. "Dam at Manitowish". Picture taken looking down river from the Rest Lake Dam. The logging camp in the background is the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company. ca 1920s - Prior to 1904 this camp was owned by the Mississippi River Logging Co. Susan LaPorte first cooked at this lumber camp, probably in the 1890's. Susan's great-granddaughter, Ruthie Dickerson Gardner, recalls Susan relating a story about cleaning the cooking griddle with kerosene one day which started a fire and almost burned the building down.

    Record Type: Photo

    Logging, Dam at Manitowish
  4. "Dolly" the horse at the Keith Farm on Big Lake. - Prentiss - Big Lake Collection

    Record Type: Photo

    Horse and cart
  5. "Hims is Hers" beauty pageant 6/22/1951 - Part of a fun social night in conjunction with the Miss Wisconsin contestants visiting Manitowish Waters. All the "girls" are prominent MW businessmen who enjoy a bit of "horse play" and enjoyable entertainment.

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  6. "Island Lake Rest." - Refreshments building with gas pump in front.

    Record Type: Photo

    Refreshments Building
  7. "Isle of Pines" - Island Lake postcard ca 1915-1919

    Record Type: Photo

    Postcard face
  8. "Keego" estate on Big Lake owned by prominent Chicago lumber merchant, A. Shreve Badger 1908-1929 - Possibly the first settlement on Big Lake <1893. Thought to have been previously owned by the Laflin family from Chicago. A.S. Badger sells the summer camp in 1929 to a group of Chicago businessmen, including Laurance Armour. They rename the property "Lake Keego" club.

    Record Type: Photo

    ca 1910 A. Shreve Badger summer "camp"
  9. "Little Island" on Island Lake

    Record Type: Photo

    Little Island
  10. "Log cabin scene Dam Lake-Manitowish Wisc-The Win-Mar" ca 1930s - Caption reads "Log cabin scene Dam Lake - Manitowish Wisc - The Win-Mar These buildings were located to the left of the Rest Lake dam, looking downstream. The buildings on the right in the photo were most likely part of the Mississippi River Logging Co prior to 1904, when the camp was sold to the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co. In 1913 the property was then sold to the Chippewa Land and Improvement Company. The Win-Mar Resort had cabins here, both along the road as well as on Dam (Vance) Lake. (See Photos Catalog 2018.2.1 for another image of a cabin). The partial building shown in this image may be one of the cabins. The Pea Patch motel was eventually built on this site.

    Record Type: Photo

    Win Mar buildings
  11. "Milking" fish eggs for the fish hatchery. ca 1932-1945

    Record Type: Photo

    ca 1932-1944 gathering spawn for hatchery
  12. "Pin" or stake used during the logging era. ca 1900s-1920s - Found along the shore of Manitowish Lake.

    Record Type: Photo

    Pin or stake artifact used during logging era
  13. "River pigs" working log jams while driving white pine logs downstream. circa 1890's - River "pigs" working log jams driving white pine down the river. Image is from "The Wisconsin logging book, 1838-1839 which is an illustrated history and lumbering in Wisconsin. https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/mcml/id/3757/ Creator: Malcolm Rosholt Publisher: Rosholt House 1980 Submitter: McMillan Memorial Library OCLC number: 06829658

    Record Type: Photo

    river rats beside a log jam
  14. "Shadow", Emil Wanatka Sr.'s Great Dane in the bar at Little Bohemia. ca 1930s - L to R: George Bazso, "Shadow", Emil Sr., Frank Traube and Steve F. Kolarcheck

    Record Type: Photo

    ca 1930s at Little Bohemia
  15. "Siamese" fish - The caption claims they are of the Pike family and were caught at Hayward, WI

    Record Type: Photo

    Siamese Pike
  16. "Tents for Cottages" Big Lake ca 1922 - Prentiss - Big Lake Collection

    Record Type: Photo

    Prentiss Big Lake Collection
  17. "Train ready to go to Minocqua" Perkins/Devine collection 1915 - Somewhere along the north side of Clear Lake. Rail stops included Rice Creek, Papoose Jct. and Buswell--see 1910 scheduled train stops included in this record.

    Record Type: Photo

    1915 Perkins/Devine collection
  18. 1911 Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake - 1911 Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake

    Record Type: Photo

    North Trout Lake planting area
  19. 1912 East Shore of Trout Lake - 1912 East Shore of Trout Lake

    Record Type: Photo

    East Shore Trout Lake 1912
  20. 1912 Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake - 1912 Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake - the photo has the caption: "Trout Lake Forest Headquarters". Four fawns are eating. Three out of a trough and one out of a bucket held my a man.

    Record Type: Photo

    Feeding deer - trout lake

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