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Vilas Flying Boat

Date: 1915
Description: Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th...
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Hunter With Dead Mountain Goat

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Description: A hunter poses with a dead mountain goat hanging from a tree on a hillside.
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Loading Beehives into Truck

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Description: Beekeepers in protective clothing load beehives into a truck. Three men stand amongst beehives in a forest clearing. Two of the men use various beekeeping ...
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
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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...
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Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
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Snowmobiling through the Woods

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Description: View towards a group of people riding snowmobiles through a path in the woods.
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Snowmobiling through Nicolet National Forest

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Description: View towards a group of people riding snowmobiles up a path through the Nicolet National Forest.
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Resting on the Snowmobile Path

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Description: A group of snowmobilers standing and resting on a plowed path in Nicolet National Forest.
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Snowmobiling Past the Pine Trees

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Description: A line of people snowmobiling up a path through Nicolet National Forest.
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Tree Measuring

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Description: Two men wearing jumpsuits and hard hats are measuring a tree. One man is holding up a measuring tape across the width of the tree as the other man writes o...
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Forest Ranger and a Logger

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Description: Two men are standing in a forest wearing hard hats. The man on the left is bracing a foot on a cut logs, near a chainsaw resting on the pile of logs. The m...
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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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Little Wolf River

Date: 1950
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...
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Daily Limit

Date: 1952
Description: Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area.

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