Entertainment poster, Northernaire Resort, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. This poster was distributed to the guests of the Northernaire. Chicken-In-The-Woods was a unique restaurant owned by the Northernaire that allowed guests to view wildlife up close while enjoying a midnight snack. via: Three Lakes Historical Society Thanks again to Breanna Norton, this week’s guest curator!
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Entertainment poster, Northernaire Resort, Three Lakes, Wisconsin.

This poster was distributed to the guests of the Northernaire. Chicken-In-The-Woods was a unique restaurant owned by the Northernaire that allowed guests to view wildlife up close while enjoying a midnight snack.

via: Three Lakes Historical Society

Thanks again to Breanna Norton, this week’s guest curator!

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Staff show, Camp O-Tahn-Agon, Three Lakes, Wisconsin, 1950. The 1950 O-Tahn-Agon Camp staff gather for a picture after the annual staff show. This all-girls camp began in 1943, taking over land that was a boys’ camp, Camp Minne Wonka, when it shut down during WWII. via: Three Lakes Historical Society
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Staff show, Camp O-Tahn-Agon, Three Lakes, Wisconsin, 1950.

The 1950 O-Tahn-Agon Camp staff gather for a picture after the annual staff show. This all-girls camp began in 1943, taking over land that was a boys’ camp, Camp Minne Wonka, when it shut down during WWII.

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Jim Stedjee, age four, at Camp Minne Wonka, Three Lakes, Wisconsin, 1939-1940. Camp Minne Wonka on Virgin Lake in Three Lakes was the first private boys’ camp in Wisconsin. It closed in 1943 after thirty-one years of service due to the demands of World War II. via: Three Lakes Historical Society
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Jim Stedjee, age four, at Camp Minne Wonka, Three Lakes, Wisconsin, 1939-1940.

Camp Minne Wonka on Virgin Lake in Three Lakes was the first private boys’ camp in Wisconsin. It closed in 1943 after thirty-one years of service due to the demands of World War II.

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The Northernaire Resort, Three Lakes, Wisconsin This postcard of the Northernaire Resort shows just how small and intimate the early Northwoods resorts were. The Northernaire was designed by baseball legend Cy Williams and built by Carl Marty in 1947. via: Three Lakes Historical Society
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The Northernaire Resort, Three Lakes, Wisconsin

This postcard of the Northernaire Resort shows just how small and intimate the early Northwoods resorts were. The Northernaire was designed by baseball legend Cy Williams and built by Carl Marty in 1947.

via: Three Lakes Historical Society

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Canoe group from Camp Idyle Wyld, Oneida County, Wisconsin. When farming began to wane in Northwoods Wisconsin in the early- to mid-twentieth century, camps and resorts became a major component of the local economy. Located on the largest chain of inland lakes in the world, the community of Three Lakes drew visitors from around the country who came to relax, fish and play golf. Children, too, came from around the country to attend the large number of summer camps the area had to offer. This postcard depicts campers from Camp Idyle Wyld canoeing on Townline Lake, one of the twenty-eight lakes which make up the Three Lakes Chain. Camp Idyle Wyld was founded in 1916 and was the first girls’ camp in the state. In Wisconsin’s Northwoods today, the visitor population has shifted from campers and resort-goers to retirees and short-term tourists. Camps are still popular but have decreased significantly, as have resorts. Instead of renting cabins, tourists are more likely to purchase lake homes or condos and come up mainly on the weekends, while many homes in the area are owned by retirees.  via: Three Lakes Historical Society This week’s blog is curated by Breanna Norton. Breanna grew up in the Northwoods and has lived, worked and studied in Wisconsin most of her life. She completed her undergraduate degree at UW-Madison in Anthropology, Archaeology and Material Culture and is currently searching for that perfect museum job. 
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Canoe group from Camp Idyle Wyld, Oneida County, Wisconsin.

When farming began to wane in Northwoods Wisconsin in the early- to mid-twentieth century, camps and resorts became a major component of the local economy. Located on the largest chain of inland lakes in the world, the community of Three Lakes drew visitors from around the country who came to relax, fish and play golf. Children, too, came from around the country to attend the large number of summer camps the area had to offer. This postcard depicts campers from Camp Idyle Wyld canoeing on Townline Lake, one of the twenty-eight lakes which make up the Three Lakes Chain. Camp Idyle Wyld was founded in 1916 and was the first girls’ camp in the state.

In Wisconsin’s Northwoods today, the visitor population has shifted from campers and resort-goers to retirees and short-term tourists. Camps are still popular but have decreased significantly, as have resorts. Instead of renting cabins, tourists are more likely to purchase lake homes or condos and come up mainly on the weekends, while many homes in the area are owned by retirees. 

via: Three Lakes Historical Society

This week’s blog is curated by Breanna Norton. Breanna grew up in the Northwoods and has lived, worked and studied in Wisconsin most of her life. She completed her undergraduate degree at UW-Madison in Anthropology, Archaeology and Material Culture and is currently searching for that perfect museum job. 

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