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Lake Michigan Dune

Date: 1935
Description: A sand dune in Point Beach State Forest has engulfed several trees. Two dead trees are standing in the foreground.
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View of Crawford County

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from Mt. Hosmer, with tall bluffs on the far (Wisconsin) side of the Mississippi River. There are multiple sloughs and island...
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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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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Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: In this photograph marked for cropping for publication, a group including a young woman, two young men and a boy observe the features of a rock outcropping...
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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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Bad River Bridge

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Description: Two people on a rustic bridge over Bad River at Copper Falls State Park.
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Dundee Kame

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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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Peninsula State Park from Sven's Tower

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Description: Elevated view of the park and the Lake Michigan shoreline. Description on the photograph record reads: "Looking Northeast from Sven's Tower."
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Evening Along the Winneshiek Bottoms

Date: 1935
Description: Four bluffs are reflected in the back waters of the Mississippi River. A large tree on the right frames the view.
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Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River looking north from Tower Hill State Park. There are sandbars in the river. The water tower and village of Sp...
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Brownstone Falls

Date: 1930
Description: An elevated view of Brownstone Falls. Two tall pines are growing at the top edge of a rock to the right of the falls.
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Mill Bluff Picnic Shelter

Date: 1938
Description: The picnic shelter at the east picnic area in Mill Bluff State Park is sitting at the base of a large rock outcropping. The shelter has low stone walls and...
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Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Eau Claire River flowing between block-like rock formations downstream from a stone bridge in the Dells of the Eau Claire Cou...
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Parnell Esker

Date: 1939
Description: An elevated view of a sharp curve of an esker in the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
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Castle Rock, Camp Douglas

Date: 1950
Description: Castle Rock, surrounded by trees and a meadow. The geological feature is near Volk Field Air National Guard Base.
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View from Gibraltar Rock

Date: 1940
Description: A view from the top of Gibraltar Rock showing a portion of the bluff, left, and rolling fields and woodlands beyond. There is a pond or stream on the right...
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Two Zephyrs

Date: 1935
Description: Two streamlined style, stainless steel clad passenger trains meet on the tracks at the base of a bluff along the Mississippi River near La Crosse. A sign ...
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Dave's Falls

Date: 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man and woman sitting on rocks at the edge of the Pike River, with Dave's Falls behind them.
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CCC Camp in Winter

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view, from the South Bluff, of the CCC camp at Devil's Lake State Park. There is a rock outcropping in the foreground on the left. South Shore Roa...

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