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| Description: | Men with horse-drawn load of lumber with a little girl standing in front. |
| Date: | 04 26 1936 |
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| Description: | Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 10 1852 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the mouth of Chapel Gorge Beach showing a canoe at the shore. |
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| Description: | Lumber workers laying railroad tracks through the woods. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Mercer Ranger Station from a watchtower. |
| Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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| Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
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| Description: | View looking down a rustic bridge at Copper Falls State Park. There are benches built into the bridge. |
| Date: | 07 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Minocqua showing the surrounding lakes. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Sauk City. |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on footbridge in a forested area in Durwards Glen. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a bow in the river, and a homestead on the shore, with a two-story house and a barn. Two wagons are close to the barn in the lower left co... |
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