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Big Manitou Falls

Date: 1940
Description: Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area.
Photograph

High Lake in Boscobel

Date: 1940
Description: View down steep hill through trees towards a rowboat tied to a pier on High Lake, with the far shoreline in the distance.
Photograph

Church in the Kettle Moraine State Forest

Date: 1940
Description: Church, several houses and field from a hill.
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Spirit Falls

Date: 1940
Description: View of Spirit Falls at a low water stage.
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Caves at Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A view of some caves at Peninsula State Park.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Quadrangle Maps

Date: 1940
Description: This quadrangle collection of maps, meaning geological surveys, shows sections of central and northern Wisconsin. The maps include a quadrangle index map. ...
Photograph

Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
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Enjoying the View

Date: 1940
Description: The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at...
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Stocking a Lake

Date: 1940
Description: A biplane is dropping fingerling fish into a Wisconsin lake. There are two small sheds on the shoreline. The caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Fi...
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Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
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Walter Cass Newberry House

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified woman and girl are posing on the drive leading to a brick house behind mature pines. The house was built in the 1890's by General Walter Ca...

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