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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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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.
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Forest Protection Headquarters

Date: 1936
Description: View across street towards men and women standing in small groups outside the brick Forest Protection Headquarters building of the Wisconsin Conservation D...
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At the Beach

Date: 1940
Description: View from shoreline towards two men and two women in bathing suits standing and holding hands while standing in shallow water as a small wave breaks around...
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Copper Falls Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view of Copper Falls on the Bad River. Four people, one man and three women, are posing on rocks at the top of the falls. Surrounding burned-over ...
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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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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Potawatomi State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ...
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Canoeing

Date: 1940
Description: View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou...
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Seaplane

Date: 1950
Description: A young man wearing jeans and a t-shirt is handling the luggage as two well-dressed women exit a small seaplane. The pilot is watching from inside the plan...
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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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Fly Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ...
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Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: View from pier towards a young couple sitting in the back of a wooden boat tied to a pier in Peninsula State Park. Fish Creek Harbor is in the background, ...
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Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
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Landing a Muskie

Date: 09 26 1939
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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Beside the River

Date: 1950
Description: A young woman is posing sitting on a boulder on the shoreline along a river rapids. She is holding a walking stick and is wearing a romper. The description...
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Information Cabin

Date: 1940
Description: Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park.
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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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River View

Date: 1935
Description: View towards an unidentified woman sitting and facing away from the camera to take in the view of the St. Croix River from a high rock formation. The bridg...
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Picnic on Shore of Flambeau River

Date: 1940
Description: A man, sitting on a wooden bench, and a woman, sitting on the ground, are enjoying a picnic on the shore of the Flambeau River. There is an open plaid meta...
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Gypsy Rose Lee Fishing

Date: 1950
Description: Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake.

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