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Trees in Valley

Date: 06 25 1964
Description: Trees in the valley against the sun, below Stewart Park.
Photograph

Trees, Pool, and River

Date: 09 22 1962
Description: Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park.
Photograph

Little Prairie School

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Little Prairie school with a car parked alongside it. Playground equipment is in the yard.
Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

Date: 
Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
Photograph

A Park in Winter

Date: 11 29 1989
Description: Panoramic view of Riverside Park during the winter.
Photograph

Picnic Tables at Picnic Grove

Date: 1939
Description: Two picnic tables in a clearing at picnic grove.
Photograph

Creek Running Under Footbridge

Date: 
Description: Two men are near a creek, swollen with rainwater, running through Center Park. A footbridge crosses the creek which has large stones along its banks. Trees...
Photograph

Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

Date: 
Description: Teacher and students pose on and around playground structure with swings outside a clapboard one-room schoolhouse.
Photograph

Men Playing Catch

Date: 
Description: Two men play catch in a park-like setting. A number of trees and an outbuilding are visible.
Photograph

Syl and Aunt Helen on Gully Bridge

Date: 12 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen lean on a wooden hand rail on Gully bridge. Behind them is a lake with ice and snow. A large factory-like building is visible in the dis...
Photograph

Young Men Playing Basketball

Date: 1920
Description: Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younge...
Photograph

Children Playing Volleyball

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children playing volleyball during recess outside of a school building. Additional children are playing on a see-saw behind them.
Photograph

Children on Playground Slide

Date: 1919
Description: A group of children posing on and beneath a wooden playground slide. There is a barn in the background.
Photograph

Tourist Camp Grounds

Date: 1924
Description: Looking down from a hilltop of a car parked under a tree. The campground is populated with well-dressed families walking down a path, and their parked cars...
Photograph

Devil's Lake CCC Worker

Date: 1935
Description: Man in work clothes holding a shovel loaded with dirt while another man watches in the background. The men were Civilian Conservation Corps workers at Devi...
Photograph

Lovers' Lane

Date: 1921
Description: View down pathway in wooded area, which crosses over a wooden pedestrian bridge.
Photograph

Mercer Tourist Park, Lakeshore View

Date: 1932
Description: View from the shoreline at Mercer Tourist Park showing people on the dock and floating rafts in the lake.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 1-6

Date: 
Description: We've at least been able to conserve something if it's only the idea of conserving for conservation's sake
But the community interests ought to come fir...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Polk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 1 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the margins. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commercial (...
Map or Atlas

Existing Land Use 1973, Barron County, Wisconsin

Date: 1973
Description: This map is 2 of 7 and includes a location map and township diagram in the bottom margin. The map includes a key of land type: Residential (yellow), Commer...

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