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American Elm

Date: 1960
Description: An elm growing on the property of C.H. Weller, on West Highland Street, towers over the adjacent houses. In 1952, the circumference of the tree's trunk was...
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Wyalusing Silver Maple

Date: 1968
Description: A sign that reads: "The Giant Tree" has been attached to the bent trunk of a large silver maple tree. A smaller tree in the background has a similarly bent...
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The Phelps Oak

Date: 1952
Description: An unidentified man, probably H.M. Phelps, posing with his right hand resting on the massive trunk of a bur oak which grew on the Phelps farm three miles w...
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General MacArthur White Pine

Date: 1946
Description: A group of men and women posing at the base of an enormous white pine, named to honor the famous general. Several people are posing at the base of the tree...
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Brule River White Pine

Date: 1962
Description: Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was though...

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