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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A young woman is posing sitting on a boulder on the shoreline along a river rapids. She is holding a walking stick and is wearing a romper. The description... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River... |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t... |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Snow and ice cover the upper portion of Copper Falls. There is also open water in the Bad River downstream from the falls. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Cast and crew of the 1951 film "The African Queen" on a boat, preparing to film a scene. They are floating on a body of water, with trees behind them. Acto... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Potosi Mill & Elev. Co., Potosi, Mo. All power for mi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of a park on the banks of the Fox River, with picnic tables and stone grills near trees. Caption reads: "Jefferson Park, Menasha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View upriver across water towards the Big Eddy Falls on the Wolf River. A group of people are standing on the right bank. Caption reads: "Big Eddy Falls, M... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a man fly fishing while standing in the river. He is wearing waders and a hat, and a creel and a net are hanging at his sides. He... |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Three boys prepare to launch their home-made raft on Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DuBois, 213 W. Lakeside ... |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Three boys wave as they ride their home-made raft down Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DeBois, 213 W. Lakesid... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a... |
| Date: | 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Cushman Mill, a sawmill on the shore of the Bark River. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin River from Wyalusing State Park, framed by trees. There is a bridge over the river in the distance. |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Weeping willows overhanging the Rock River in a city park. An adult and child are in the lower left. Rocks are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Copper Falls in Copper Falls State Park. The falls are on the Bad River. A group of people are standing on the rocks on the right. Trees are in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The Devils River cascades past old bridge abutments in the spring. The tree-lined shoreline and stone abutments are still covered with snow. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A winter view of the Mullet River near Crystal Lake. In the background is a house on a rise. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a hydroelectric power plant owned by Northern States Power Company located on the Chippewa River. A highway bridge and a railroad bridge spa... |
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