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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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Paddling Upstream

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene...
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Feeding Wildlife

Date: 1940
Description: Two men wearing woolen snowsuits and hats are maneuvering a toboggan over deep snow in a wooded landscape. The sled is loaded with bales of hay and two bus...
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Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
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Viewing the Falls

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a group of Georgia Junior Rangers and their guides viewing the Copper Falls of the Bad River.
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Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Four Men at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 06 1958
Description: These four men from Wisconsin's Forests and Parks Department will retire in July 1958. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is second from the right.

A new retirement ...

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Terry Andrae State Park Recreational Grounds

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Description: Recreational grounds near the beach at Terry Andrae State Park. A woman and a child are on a swing set. There are teeter totters on the left.
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Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line a...
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Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
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White Pine

Date: 1940
Description: Lear Shewano is dwarfed by a grove of huge virgin white pine trees in the Menominee Indian Reservation. He is wearing a white hat and plaid shirt.
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Enjoying the View

Date: 1940
Description: The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at...
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Boy with Fawn

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Description: Young boy petting a fawn deer.
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Loading Pine Logs

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Description: Workers loading pine logs in northern Wisconsin when there was still virgin timber for logging.
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CCC Camp at Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Men lined up for mealtime at the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp at Devil's Lake State Park. The camp was reportedly opened in 1935 and closed in 19...

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