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View of Ephraim

Date: 1940
Description: A split rail fence in the foreground frames a view of Eagle Harbor and Ephraim from Peninsula State Park.
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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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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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Big Manitou Falls

Date: 1940
Description: Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area.
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Brownstone Falls

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Brownstone Falls on the Bad River.
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Young Blackneck Pheasants

Date: 08 1936
Description: Young blackneck pheasants flocking together in two adjacent chicken wire fenced pens. There is a shed in the background, right. The description typed on th...
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Leykauf Bluff

Date: 1950
Description: A young girl wearing a winter coat and hat is standing in a tilled field at the base of Cassell, or Leykauf, Bluff. A description on the reverse of the pri...
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Boulder Lake in Boulder Junction

Date: 1940
Description: View of trees along a fence in front of Boulder Lake.
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Ephraim from Peninsula State Park

Date: 1950
Description: Downtown Ephraim from Peninsula State Park, directly across the bay.
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Twin River Point Lighthouse

Date: 1940
Description: A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ...
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Young Fox

Date: 1935
Description: An immature fox looking toward the camera, standing with rear legs crouched. There is a chicken wire fence in the background.
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Outdoor Life Exhibits

Date: 1935
Description: Entrance to a building housing "Outdoor Life Exhibits" by the Wisconsin Conservation Department. A number of people are in front of the entrance, and more ...
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Dairy Farms

Date: 1935
Description: Cumulus clouds are casting their shadows over rolling farmland. Several farmsteads are along a narrow road. There are cows grazing in a pasture. On the rev...
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Dundee Kame

Date: 
Description: View across a field toward a kame, a cone-shaped hill formed by water pouring down through a hole in a melting glacier.
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Forest Fire

Date: 
Description: View of a forest fire taken from an adjoining field. A fence separates the field from the burning trees.
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Three Raccoons

Date: 1937
Description: On the reverse of the print is written: "Raccoon feeding at Experimental Game & Fur Farm, Poynette, Wisconsin." A pan of food is secured in a wooden trough...
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Badger

Date: 1935
Description: An adult badger, standing in front of a small wooden shed in a fenced enclosure, looking directly at the photographer.
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Ginseng Bed

Date: 1935
Description: A covered metal tank with the words "Schulz" and "Minneapolis" painted on it is standing in front of a slatted shade structure over a ginseng bed. The stru...
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Fox

Date: 09 1930
Description: An adult gray fox looking directly at the photographer. Foliage has been painted in the background, possibly to obscure a chicken wire fence.
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1940
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.

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