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| Date: | 04 28 1936 |
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| Description: | A view looking downstream at a recently built concrete dam with four gates. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Dam built by WPA in drainage di... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two groups of men are standing on a temporary wooden bridge over the Totogatic River. There is a large form in place on the left and a complete concrete wi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking upstream, of water flowing through a dam. On the reverse of the print is written: "Dam built by WPA on site of old logging dam on the ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Jean A. Pope is smiling broadly while holding a stringer of five bass. He is also holding his rod and reel, and is standing on a small wooden pier. A descr... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A well-dressed, unidentified woman is standing next to a muskie hanging from a line. She is next to the porch of a large building, and there is an automobi... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man standing on a lawn is holding a 48 pound muskie by a wood handled hook. There is a lake in the background, and on the right, the rustic... |
| Date: | 07 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Seven-year-old Russell Jefferson, right, is standing holding his rod and reel next to his father, Dan Jefferson. Dan is holding the 38 pound, 6 ounce muski... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man wearing bib overalls is posing on a pier holding a large trout. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "An 8½ lb. trout taken fro... |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are pushing an implement between guide ropes at the Central (now Griffith) State Nursery. The description on the reverse of the photograph explains... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd has gathered on a hilltop overlooking a large flat expanse which has been cleared of trees. A man is standing slightly downhill from the group and ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One man is sighting a transit level, and another man is holding a round metal post as a crew of six people "sets a corner" in a Jackson County forest. Ther... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man with a hammer is working at the top of a telephone pole as a second man is watching from the ground. There is a third man near a man on another pole ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A large crew of men are bending to their work of planting seedling trees into furrows. Each man is carrying a spade-like tool with a long handle, and a box... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting a forest fire. Two of the men have shovels; the third is directing a stream of water from a... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A narrow, unpaved road passes under a rustic log arbor-like gate which marks the entrance to Bradley Park. The area is heavily wooded with tall but immatur... |
| Date: | 07 1939 |
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| Description: | Three unidentified women, two wearing wide-legged slacks, are supervising a group of children around a stone fireplace in Council Grounds State Forest (now... |
| Date: | 07 1939 |
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| Description: | A young woman is standing and posing with a stringer of panfish in front of a car with a small travel trailer behind it. She is wearing a wide leg bib over... |
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