Osakis Lake, Douglas County Minnesota, 1859
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Well drilling near Osakis Minnesota, 1870's
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Market Day, Osakis Minnesota, 1895
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Osakis Milling Company, Osakis Minnesota, 1905
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Coon Point, Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1906
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Hotel Idlewild on Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1907
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Linwood boat landing Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1907
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Second Street, Osakis Minnesota, 1907
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Linwood Hotel, Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1908
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Second Street, Osakis Minnesota, 1908
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Spearing pickerel at Inlet, Lake Osakis Minnesota, 1908
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Automobile Stables, Idlewild, Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1910
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Linwood Hotel, Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1910
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Lake Street, Osakis Minnesota, 1910
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A string of bass caught in Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1910
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Fairview Hotel, Osakis Minnesota, 1910's
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2nd Street looking south, Osakis Minnesota, 1910's
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Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1915
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Cottages of Idlewild Hotel, Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1919
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Farmers Creamery, Osakis Minnesota, 1920's?
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First Presbyterian Church, Osakis Minnesota, 1930
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Community Building, Osakis Minnesota, 1936
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Osakis Town Hall, Fire Station, and Jail, Osakis Minnesota, 1937
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Scene at Early Inn, Osakis Minnesota, 1939
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Osakis disposal plant, Osakis Minnesota, 1940
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Pollard's Mill and Elevator, Osakis Minnesota, 1940
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Osakis Milling Company, Osakis Minnesota, 1940
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Boat dock on Lake Osakis, Fairhaven Resort near Osakis Minnesota, 1940
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Hotel Linwood on Lake Osakis, Osakis Minnesota, 1948
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Caughlen Block, Osakis Minnesota, 1950
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Scene at Midway Beach Resort, Osakis Minnesota, 1950
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Church of Immaculate Conception, Osakis Minnesota, 1950
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Main Street, Osakis Minnesota, 1950
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Main Street, Osakis Minnesota, 1950
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Aerial view, Osakis Minnesota, 1971
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St. Agnes School, Osakis Minnesota, 2004
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