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| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | This map shows the Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection divisions and the locations of state forests, national forests, Indian reservations,... |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | This map shows the locations of Wisconsin Conservation Department forest protection districts and cooperative areas, state forests, national forests, India... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| 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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| 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. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls with trees and observation area. |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W... |
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| Description: | Forest rangers using an emergency phone on the back of a truck. |
| Date: | 09 19 1937 |
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| Description: | View towards a group of people looking at a float, built on the bed of a truck, representing the Wisconsin Conservation Department. The float is stopped on... |
| Date: | 09 26 1939 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Conservation Department float in the 1939 Chicago American Legion Parade. The float features two women who are standing in a canoe pretending t... |
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| Description: | Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back. |
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| Description: | Promotional stamp for Wisconsin tourism. Shows the outline of the state with an arrow crossing from northeast to southwest and bears the slogan "relax in W... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A tall pine tree is standing just in front of Stand Rock, with the Wisconsin River in the background. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Belmont Hotel is behind the capitol on the left, and beyond is Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A man with a hammer is working at the top of a telephone pole as a second man is watching from the ground. There is a third man near a man on another pole ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 08 10 1936 |
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| Description: | Five men, who are members of a fire fighting crew, pose in front of their truck at the Park Falls Ranger Station. |
| Date: | 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Stand of pine trees and pitched tents, with automobiles, in the Marinette Tourist Camp. |
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| Description: | View of a storefront at night. The electric sign above the glass door and window reads: "Official Wisconsin Vacation Center: Solve Your Shopping Worries, S... |
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