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Wisconsin Conservation Warden

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Description: Wisconsin Conservation Warden checking on beaver traps.
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Wisconsin Conservation Warden

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Description: Wisconsin wardens patrolling waters of Wisconsin in a canoe.
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Smelt Wrestling

Date: 04 1939
Description: Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette.
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Illegal Snag Line

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River.
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Governor La Follette and Governor Horner on Fishing Trip

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip.
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Fire Fighting

Date: 1936
Description: Three men, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting a forest fire. Two of the men have shovels; the third is directing a stream of water from a...
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Planting Seedlings

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Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
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Forest Protection Float in Centennial Parade

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view over a crowd of people watching a parade. The Wisconsin Conservation Department float is coming down the road. It features a forest with taxi...
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Seedling Nursery

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a single worker trimming neat rows of seedlings at a Wisconsin State Nursery.
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Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Bird Hunting

Date: 1940
Description: Two men with shotguns, accompanied by two dogs, hunting in a grassy field. There is a row of trees and utility poles in the background.
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Forest Protection Headquarters

Date: 1936
Description: View across street towards men and women standing in small groups outside the brick Forest Protection Headquarters building of the Wisconsin Conservation D...
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The Phelps Oak

Date: 1952
Description: An unidentified man, probably H.M. Phelps, posing with his right hand resting on the massive trunk of a bur oak which grew on the Phelps farm three miles w...
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At the Beach

Date: 1940
Description: View from shoreline towards two men and two women in bathing suits standing and holding hands while standing in shallow water as a small wave breaks around...
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Man Feeding Fawn

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Description: A man in a plaid jacket is feeding a bottle of milk to a fawn.
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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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Governor's Fishing Expedition

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip Fox La Follette (center) together with Governors Horner (Illinois) and Kraschel (Iowa) pose in front of the fish they caught during a fishi...
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Copper Falls Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view of Copper Falls on the Bad River. Four people, one man and three women, are posing on rocks at the top of the falls. Surrounding burned-over ...

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