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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
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Sliding Down Hill

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill.
Photograph

Aerial Photograph of Fort Atkinson

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: Aerial photograph of the city of Fort Atkinson.
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Mauston Wisconsin Aerial Views

Date: 03 16 1949
Description: Aerial view of Mauston, Wisconsin.
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Aerial View of Spring Green

Date: 04 21 1949
Description: Aerial view of Spring Green. Houses and commercial buildings are in the foreground and a rural area is in the background. Hills are in the distance.
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Tenney Park Breakwater Under Construction

Date: 07 22 1949
Description: Tenney Park breakwater and Lake Mendota. The city of Madison was able to resume construction at no cost. The construction company tearing up East Washingto...
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Al Koppenhaver, a game warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, holding a bucket of dead fish that were removed from the Yahara River belo...
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Dead Fish in the Yahara River

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently ki...
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Madison Murder Scene

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Scene along the Yahara River where the body of Max Hobert, a Madison bartender, was found.
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Barn Art

Date: 07 1949
Description: Gothic roofed barn with river scene painted on its roof by Frank Engebretson.
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Rock River

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Cows graze along the Rock River southeast of Theresa."
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1949
Description: This color map includes historical descriptions of select areas and a short article on the history of Wisconsin. The major highways in the state shown on t...
Photograph

LaVerne Sterr

Date: 1949
Description: "LaVerne Sterr."
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International Truck and Camel in Afghanistan

Date: 1949
Description: View from side of hill looking down at an International truck and a camel on a narrow mountain road in Afghanistan. A river runs along the road in the back...
Map or Atlas

General Topography of Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin : T.45 N., R. 2 W., 4th P.M.

Date: 1949
Description: This 1949 map shows the topography and significant landmarks in Copper Falls State Park, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
Map or Atlas

Appleton Showing Original Owners and First Plats

Date: 1949
Description: This map is ink and pencil on paper and shows land ownership by name, years of purchase, and city limits. Also included on the right and bottom margins are...
Map or Atlas

Indian Tribes and Trapper Trails

Date: 1949
Description: This pictorial map shows the United States west of the Mississippi, including Indian Tribes, historic trails, forts, trading posts, mountain ranges, lakes ...
Map or Atlas

Black Hawk's Route Through Wisconsin

Date: 1949
Description: This map is comprised of six plates that depict the rout the Sauks and Meskwakis, led by Black Hawk, took through Wisconsin during the Black Hawk War of 18...
Photograph

Trout Fishing on the Brule

Date: 1949
Description: A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p...

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