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Men in the Backwoods

Date: 1930
Description: Men, either campers or fishermen, portaging a canoe through backwoods cut-over forest area.
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Men in a Rowboat Fishing

Date: 1930
Description: View through birch trees looking down at two men fishing from a rowboat near the shoreline. Another boat is tethered to the shore nearby.
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Trout

Date: 1935
Description: An unidentified man wearing bib overalls is posing on a pier holding a large trout. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "An 8½ lb. trout taken fro...
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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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Snowshoeing-Trout Lake

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake.
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Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.
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Coal Dock

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,...
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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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Picnic

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Description: Group of four adults eating at table in picnic area. There is a dog underneath the picnic table.
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Ayrshire Herd

Date: 1936
Description: A small herd of dairy cattle grazing in a pasture. The hills in the background are covered with open woodland. On the reverse of the print is typed: "Ayrsh...
Postcard

Three Bears

Date: 1935
Description: A mother bear, followed by her two cubs, walking on all fours across a clearing, possibly a road, with a wooded area in the background. The postcard is tit...
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Young Trees

Date: 1939
Description: Described on the reverse of the print as, "Four to five year old evergreen trees," young trees grow in neat rows beneath overhead irrigation pipes. The gr...
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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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Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.
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Rocky Shoreline

Date: 1940
Description: The moon, partially obstructed by clouds, is reflected in the waters off one of the Apostle Islands. There is a small islet on the right, with several tree...
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Skiing on the University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1948
Description: A man cross country skies on the snow covered University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background are a building and tall pine trees.
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 08 1940
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a striped dress and holding a purse standing at a low stone wall at the Point Lookout observation area above the ...
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Camping in Bradley Park near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1940
Description: A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot...
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First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 10 15 1955
Description: Neil LeMany, Chief Forest Ranger at the Forest Protection Headquarters in Tomahawk, C.L. Harrington, superintendent of the Forest and Parks Division of the...
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Two Rivers State Park Area Slough

Date: 
Description: Back of card reads:

"One of the Everglade appearing sloughs running along for miles parallel with the Lake Michigan shore — This view seen from the park ...

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