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Magazine or Periodical

The Woods on Fire

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Description: Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland.
Book or Pamphlet

Playground of Wisconsin's Northwoods Pamphlet

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season.
Photograph

Duck Trip

Date: 08 15 1955
Description: Amphibious Duck on land with Board of Trade stone works. The stone gargoyles were salvaged from the Board of Trade building in Chicago by Newman.
Photograph

Man Outdoors with Phonograph

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Description: A man sits in a wooded area and plays music on a phonograph.
Photograph

Wavery Garden

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Description: View of Wavery Garden, featuring a fountain with a sculpture of a boy raising a cup to the sky, carved stone balustrades, tufts of flowers and a background...
Photograph

Ladywood School

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Description: Raised view of a garden at Ladywood School, including a statue, a flower-ringed sunken fountain, a stone bench and trees and bushes.
Photograph

Totem Pole at Camp Lenape

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Description: A totem pole stands in front of trees and a wooden fence at Camp Lenape.
Photograph

Totem Pole

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Description: A totem pole stands in front of a wooden building in a wooded area. The pole features carvings of nature scenes, animals, and a Native American head wearin...
Photograph

Wyonegonic Camp Violin Recital

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Description: Uniformed campers sit on the ground while listening to a violin recital in the woods at Wyonegonic Camp.
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ...
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western. Shown on the right is actor Roy Stewart, playing Calumet Marst...
Postcard

Greetings from Burlington

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Description: Color reproduction of a painting of a river in the mountains. Two people are standing near the river. Caption reads: "Greetings from Burlington, Wis. A Sum...
Photograph

Ballerinas in a Wooded Glen

Date: 1958
Description: Girls of a visiting ballet company, in costume, posed in a rocky wooded glen along a stream.
Photograph

Ranger Meeting in Tomahawk

Date: 06 19 1955
Description: C.L. (Neal) Harrington is second from left at a retirement dinner for Henry Freund.
Painting

Splitting Cedar for Framework

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Description: An Ojibwa man splits a cedar trunk with a wooden tool. The cedar is to be used to build the framework for a canoe. A woman is seated nearby.
Painting

Homeward Bound

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman prepare to transport rolled bark back to their home to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Tying With Wigub

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Description: An Ojibwa man sits on the ground tying cedar materials with wigub as a woman looks on. The cedar will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Rolling Up the Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man kneels on the ground to roll up cedar bark that will be used in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

One Large Sheet

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman peel bark from a tree to use in the construction of a canoe.
Painting

Removing Bark

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Description: An Ojibwa man and woman split and peel bark from a tree for use in the construction of a canoe.

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