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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Fort Howard hospital marker that reads: "Old Fort Howard • 1816 • This building formerly stood with the surgeons quarters and the powder magazine by the ri... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view of a marker on highway 41 designating the half way point between the Equator and the North Pole. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A portable exhibit in a box with a hinged lid has been set up on a stand covered with corrugated paper. A sign inside the box lid describes the benefits of... |
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