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Title
Martell Lake, McKinley, Wisconsin
Date(s)
- [ca. 1917] (creation)
Extent
1 photograph : print ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)
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Real-photo postcard with image of Martel Lake, near McKinley, Wisconsin. Sitting in the forefront is a boy with his suspendered back to the camera; trees line the opposite shoreline. Date from postmark: Jul 31, 1917. Message: Addressed to Mr. John Rose, Loraine, Wisc., "July der last '17. Hello John, I spose you looked for me all Sunday dident [sic] you, but I couldent [sic] possibly get out there had co and it was so doggone hot almost roasted. we went in bathing in Bentzines Lake at night could see the blood suckers a foot long in the moonlight. I am sorry I couldn't come over. Quite a rain storm we had hey what?? Roy [or Ray] Olson."
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This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
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Cataloged by kdo, 04/19/2016
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Purchased April 12, 2016, on eBay from Refried Jeans Postcards, Newton IA.
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Shoebox #2
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[Wisconsin] : [Privately printed?], [ca. 1917]
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- Photo by R.H.R. (creation)