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Winona Campers Hiking

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Description: A group of campers hikes through the woods while carrying their bedrolls and camping equipment. The view features trees, a mountain, and a lake in the bac...
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Lone Pine Camp

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Description: A hunter poses with a large bear hainging in a wooded area at Lone Pine Camp. His rifle leans against the bear.
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Five Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of five men standing outside holding full lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake. In the background are tw...
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Aldo Leopold with Work Group

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Description: A group of men dressed for work, with implements in hand. Most of them are wearing hats and boots. One man is smoking a pipe. A forest is behind them. Hand...
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...
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Driving Crew on the Logs

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Description: Driving crew posing on the logs. They are holding peaveys and cant hooks, tools used to move logs. The man on the left is holding a pail and the man in the...
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Young Lumberjacks

Date: 1920
Description: Two timber sawyers standing posed with their tools in a forest. Both men wear heavy mittens, and the man on the left is carrying a saw across his left shou...
Postcard

State House Crew

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of forest rangers outside a house. They are wearing work clothes, boots and a variety of hats. A man on the right is holding a gun and point...
Postcard

Forest Rangers at Hang Out at Tomahawk Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of twelve men posing on the steps and porch of a building, probably forest rangers. The men are wearing a variety of clothing, including a b...
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Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people having a picnic at the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several cars and trucks in the background, and a small building. The picnic tables...
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Large White Pine on Flambeau River State Forest

Date: 11 17 1949
Description: Three men, Breuer, Kielcheski, and Harrington, are standing in front of a large white pine in a snow field. The Flambeau River State Forest is located in p...
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Merry Christmas from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 12 24 1935
Description: Christmas photographic postcard to C.L. Harrington from: David Wedgwood, Ben King, Marvin F Hartman, Bryan W. Brewer, Joseph L. Young, Bill Fischer, Jim Da...
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On Tote Road

Date: 1914
Description: A view of Doc Copeland walking on Tote Road as they begin the journey home.
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Blue Mound State Park

Date: 09 07 2014
Description: View from the top of a hill looking out to a valley, with clouds in the blue sky. Trees are framing the view, and in the foreground, a woman, the photograp...
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Collecting Maple Sap

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: A youth, dressed in red hat and sweatshirt, plaid pants, and brown work boots, is pouring maple sap from a bag into a metal bucket. In the background a man...
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Sugarbush

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Description: An elderly man is pouring maple sap from a bucket into another bucket. He is wearing eyeglasses, a cap, and tall work boots. More bucket taps are on trees ...
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Pan Fish

Date: 07 1939
Description: A young woman is standing and posing with a stringer of panfish in front of a car with a small travel trailer behind it. She is wearing a wide leg bib over...
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Entrance to State Forest

Date: 07 1940
Description: Two well-dressed women are posing next to an automobile parked near the arbor-like gate at the entrance to the Council Grounds State Forest, now the Counci...
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Beside the River

Date: 1950
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...
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Camp Supper

Date: 06 1938
Description: Three men are preparing supper over a small campfire at the edge of a wooded area. At right, two men are tending to food cooking in frying pans, while the ...

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