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Photograph

Uncovering Bison Bones

Date: 1936
Description: Three men looking over the process of uncovering bones of a bison in Interstate Park.
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Postcard

Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
Postcard

Boat Landing, Cliff House, Devil's Lake

Date: 
Description: Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis...
Photograph

Camping

Date: 1960
Description: Two men, a woman, and a dog at a trailer in Hiawatha National Forest.
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Fun Map : Picturing the Vacation of Opportunities of this Great Outdoor State

Date: 1936
Description: This pictorial tourist map from the Wisconsin Conservation Commission depicts vacation activities and identifies tourist destinations throughout the state....
Photograph

In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — Stand Rock, Showing Top #86

Date: 
Description: Three hunters and their dog posing on the top of Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Gates' Ravine from Above Boiling Eddy #1007

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of two men sitting on the side of a rock formation. The man on the right is holding a rifle and a stringer of squirrels. The man on the left ...
Photograph

Stagecoach Ride at Wade House

Date: 08 1959
Description: Visitors enjoy a stagecoach ride, an attraction at Old Wade House during the August "twilight tours" of this historic site. A team of two horses stand in t...
Photograph

Carriage at Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum

Date: 07 05 1968
Description: Grand opening of the Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum. Side view of a carriage with a fringed shade, pulled by a horse, traveling in front of the museum on t...
Postcard

Covered Bridge Leading to Stonefield Village

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of a covered bridge at Stonefield Village with a horse bus passing through it.
Photograph

Large Rocks at Devil's Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up towards large rock formation with trees at Devil's Lake. A man is standing at the top of the rock formation on the right, and on the left a...
Postcard

Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial...
Photograph

Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
Photograph

Fire Fighting Crew

Date: 1912
Description: A wagon load of fire fighters is setting out or returning from the forest. The wagon has wooden wheels and is pulled by two horses. Only one of the men has...
Photograph

Fishing on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1967
Description: A man is sitting in a boat holding a fishing pole on the Wisconsin River near Tower Hill State Park. A black dog is sitting towards the front of the boat.
Photograph

Horseback Riding

Date: 1967
Description: A group of four horseback riders in tall grass on the top of a hill in Kettle Moraine State Forest. The man on the left is pointing off into the distance.
Photograph

Observing the Scenery from Horseback

Date: 1967
Description: A group of four horseback riders, one man, and three women, are stopped at the top of a hill looking at the view at Kettle Moraine State Forest. The man on...
Photograph

Horseback Riding at Kettle Moraine State Forest

Date: 1967
Description: A man in the foreground on the right is sitting on horseback at the top of a hill. In the background on the left are three women on horseback.
Photograph

Riding Horses on a Trail

Date: 1967
Description: Two young women and a man are riding horses single file on a narrow dirt path in the Kettle Moraine State Forest.

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