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| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A large, balancing boulder in Paradise Park, Ohio. A man is posed standing on the left side of the rock and a woman is posed standing on the right side of ... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | Man showing pest damage to a tree. Original caption reads: "Showing where tree had been girdled by pitch moth larvae, and later grew larger above and below... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The entrance to the Carthwaite Park tourist camp and picnic grounds. There is a sign for a filling station 1 mile ahead. A car is parked inside the grounds... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Coon Valley from a hilltop. Trees are on either side of the frame. In the city, there is a cemetery, church, and field of crops. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of Coon Valley. Tall plants cover the lower portion of the frame. The landscape is includes homes, fields, and hills. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Rock formations at Congress Hall on the Dell View Resort property. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A high wooden pedestrian bridge along a forest path, crossing over a deep gorge. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The Humbird Roller Mill surrounded by rural landscape. A man leads on a porch beam as he poses for the picture. |
| Date: | 08 1922 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin State Conservation Commission map shows the distribution of standing timber per township. The northern tier of counties is covered, as are V... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | This early 1920s map shows state-owned land in townships 38 and 39, range 7 east, the towns of Lake Tomahawk and Woodruff, in Oneida County, Wisconsin, tha... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | This early 20th century manuscript map shows prairie, maple, maple and beech, marsh conifer, oak, oak and maple, and grass and sedge areas by town in Dodge... |
| Date: | 10 30 1925 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road running through trees. On the far right obscured by trees is a building, perhaps a garage or dwelling. Text at foot of photograph reads... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from entrance of a cave looking out to the Mississippi River, a railroad bridge, all surrounded by a forest. There is a small island in the river. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Signal Point of the Mississippi River, railroad and surrounding forest and wetlands. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Stand of pine trees and pitched tents, with automobiles, in the Marinette Tourist Camp. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Man and woman stand in a forest at the base of a large maple tree, 20 feet in circumference. They are reaching their arms towards each other to show the wi... |
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