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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A towering specimen of Ulmus americana standing along the river in the Menomonee River Parkway. There are large blocks of ice on the shore. This tre... |
| Date: | 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A spreading specimen of Ulmus rubra dwarfs a small house in the background. This tree, with a trunk circumference of 16 feet 5 inches, was the subje... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin professor of plant pathology and forestry Eugene B. Smalley (1926-2002), right, is watching as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading oak tree shading stone stairs in the courtyard of Frank Lloyd Wright's home, Taliesin. A large bronze bell is hanging from the lowest li... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | A dusting of snow highlights the structure of a spreading oak in the courtyard of Frank Lloyd Wright's home, Taliesin, seen in the background. A large bron... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A historical marker mounted on a metal post tells the story of Col. Richard Dunbar discovering, in 1866, the healing properties of water from a nearby spri... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a woman standing with her arms outstretched and with her back against the trunk of a tall red oak near Lake Mendota. A car is sittin... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A large black walnut tree standing in the yard of the Spring Tavern at 3706 Nakoma Road. Also known as the Spring Inn or Spring Hotel, the structure was bu... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A well-shaped hickory on the Wisconsin capitol grounds in winter, against the backdrop of the capitol building. The tree, estimated to be about forty to f... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A very large white oak tree standing along County Trunk Highway S dwarfs a utility pole nearby. There is a barn across a field in the far background. The t... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A large white oak in a snowy landscape along County Trunk Highway S. The tree is asymmetrical, missing portions of several major limbs. There is a silo an... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large bur oak with a notably crooked trunk standing next to the Congregational Church on Milwaukee Avenue. There are picnic tables under the tree and pla... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Bare trees frame an elevated view of Gays Mills taken from a snowy hilltop, showing Highway 131, lower right, as it curves into Main Street. Highway 171 en... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A bare, large bur oak appears almost as a silhouette against the sky and snow-covered ground. It is standing on the grounds of Quivey's Grove Restaurant at... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | A large, spreading bur oak is standing near the intersection of South Seventh and Washington Streets in front of a small restaurant. A van is parked in fro... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A tall, stately Ohio buckeye tree standing just to the left of the porticoed entry of the Greek Revival Wilcox house at 707 N. Broadway Street. Five sturdy... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | An enormous, nearly symmetrical spreading bur oak tree towering over a picnic table and a row of conifers. Samuel Faulkner Phoenix, the founder of Delavan,... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A tall bur oak at the corner of Ransom and West Thorne Streets dwarfs adjacent houses and their garages. The tree is bare and there is snow on the ground. ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A tall oak with two main trunks frames the Civil War monument on the lawn of the Pepin County Courthouse. Removed in 1977, the tree was the site of the lyn... |
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