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A Beaver Pool

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Description: Sketch of a beaver pool lined with trees, including various depictions of Indians hunting beaver.
Photograph

Beaver Hunting Techniques

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Description: An early drawing depicting various beaver hunting techniques.
Photograph

Pioneer Village

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Description: Large area of stuffed wild animals indoors at Pioneer Village.
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate

Date: 1862
Description: Composite of photographs of the members of the Wisconsin Senate of 1862. At the top is a depiction of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Banner in center top rea...
Map or Atlas

Indian Legend Map of Lake Mendota

Date: 1941
Description: Hand-drawn, watercolor and ink, map of Lake Mendota. Locations and many small figures appear around the shore with explanations referring to Indian legends...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin, The Badger State

Date: 1941
Description: This pictorial map of Wisconsin with historical text highlights the history of the state and identifies places of interest, Indian villages, missions, trad...
Photograph

Beaver Lodge at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a beaver lodge made with tree limbs along the edge of the water. This beaver lodge was located near Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. ...
Print

Beaver Canning Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Beaver Canning Company of Randolph, Wisconsin, packers of peas and sweet corn, with three beavers perched on a branch overhanging the wat...
Postcard

Greetings From Beaver Dam

Date: 1906
Description: Color postcard with three illustrations: The Williams Free Library, the dam in 1841 (actual beavers), and the present dam. Captions read: "Greetings From B...
Photograph

Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
Postcard

Beaver House on Beaver Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water toward a stick-based structure, which is situated on the water near a shoreline and forest. Caption identifies it as: "Beaver House on Be...
Postcard

Beaver House on Long Lake

Date: 1928
Description: View of a stick-based structure on water, near a shoreline and forest. Caption identifies it as: "Beaver House on Long Lake."
Postcard

Beaver House in the "Land O'Lakes"

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Description: View of a stick-based structure, on water near a shoreline and a forest. Caption reads: "Beaver House in the 'Land O'Lakes.'"
Postcard

Work of Beavers in the "Land O'Lakes"

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Description: Close-up of a tree trunk that has been chewed through. Caption reads: "Work of Beavers in the 'Land O'Lakes.'"

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