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John Muir

Date: 1899
Description: A studio portrait of naturalist, conservationist, and writer John Muir.
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White Pine Blister Rust Eradication Crew

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Description: Six-man crew at Camp Mercer looking for ribes (gooseberries), a stage essential for the transmission of blister rust to white pines, working in a marsh are...
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Gaylord Nelson Canoeing The Namekagon River

Date: 1966
Description: Gaylord Nelson participates in a canoe trip down the Namekagon River in an effort to protect the river under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
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Environmental Studies

Date: 1978
Description: Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River.
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Earth Day 1970

Date: 04 1970
Description: Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even...
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Earth Day Advertisement

Date: 04 1970
Description: Fundraising advertisement for the Environmental Teach-In on April 22 in honor of Earth Day. The first sentence reads: "A disease has infected our country."...
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Portage Hosiery

Date: 07 1966
Description: View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ...
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Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe

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Description: German film critics Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe stand on a groyne (a wooden and cement barrier) on the beach in Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium. Grafe is highe...
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Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe

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Description: German film critics Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe are seen at the beach in Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium. The two are on a groyne (a wooden and cement barrier)...

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