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| Date: | 07 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of trees on a snowy hill along University Drive. There is a building at the top of the hill obscured by trees. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background. |
| Date: | 05 26 1963 |
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| Description: | The edge of a mixed cedar forest with aspen tree. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Poster design of Clarke-McNary Forest Protection Program depicting Smokey Bear pouring water on a campfire. |
| Date: | 06 05 1989 |
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| Description: | People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a wide path through trees in the spring or summer. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on footbridge in a forested area in Durwards Glen. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Big spring on Lake Mendota Drive. [Merrill Springs or sometimes Merrill's Spring] |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin from Picnic Point. Buildings that can be seen are Bascom Hall with dome, the Students' Observatory, Washburn Observatory, the D... |
| Date: | 03 24 1913 |
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| Description: | Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill. |
| Date: | 05 19 1914 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Hoyt Park including the surrounding neighborhoods. Resurrection Cemetery can be seen at the upper right of the image. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum including a portion of Lake Wingra and surrounding residential neighborhoods. |
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