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Forest Protection Float in Centennial Parade

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view over a crowd of people watching a parade. The Wisconsin Conservation Department float is coming down the road. It features a forest with taxi...
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Stocking a Lake

Date: 1940
Description: A biplane is dropping fingerling fish into a Wisconsin lake. There are two small sheds on the shoreline. The caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Fi...
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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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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: External view of the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse (also called the Eagle Bluff Light), which is located in Peninsula State Park near Ephraim.
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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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Terry Andrae State Park Beach

Date: 
Description: View along shoreline showing the wide sandy swimming beach along Lake Michigan at Terry Andrae State Park. Two people are on the shoreline.
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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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Stream Improvement

Date: 1935
Description: A stone weir has been built on a meandering river to improve it for fish habitat.
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Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Cushing Memorial.
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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...
Print

The Phelps Oak

Date: 1952
Description: An unidentified man, probably H.M. Phelps, posing with his right hand resting on the massive trunk of a bur oak which grew on the Phelps farm three miles w...
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 09 26 1945
Description: Elevated view of Peninsula State Park.
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Fire Lookout Station

Date: 10 1936
Description: Fire lookout station at Mercer ranger station.
Postcard

Black Bear

Date: 1940
Description: A photographic postcard described on the reverse: "A black bear in the Wisconsin north woods."
Photograph

Tank Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Tank Cottage.
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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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Porcupine

Date: 1935
Description: An adult porcupine is climbing a branch of a downed tree.
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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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Fort Howard Hospital, Surgeon's Quarters

Date: 1949
Description: Fort Howard Hospital, Surgeon's Quarters.

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