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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | This 1936 Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows the locations of state forestry Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps, closed state forestry CCC camps, ... |
| Date: | 06 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Edward Hein, age 66, retires from the Wisconsin Conservation Department after 24 years of service as the publications supervisor. Hein was honored at a ret... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe... |
| Date: | 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Letter from Mrs. F.L. "Dixie" Larkin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to The Wisconsin Conservation Department regarding the use of DDT to control Dutch Elm Diseas... |
| Date: | 09 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Two members of the state Conservation Department being honored at their retirement. George Sprecher, left, assistant department director; and Lew Laughlin,... |
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| Description: | Harvesting cranberries by hand somewhere in central Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of C.L. (Neal) Harrington taken by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. C.L. Harrington was the Wisconsin State Forester. |
| Date: | 11 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a field, with farmland, roads, houses, and groves of trees. |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Letter from Marie Thompson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President of the Animal Protective League to John Beale, Chief Forester at the Wisconsin Conservation D... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A figure of Smokey Bear is posed standing with a paw resting on a sign advertising the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Behind him is a sign with his mot... |
| Date: | 09 25 1937 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip. |
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| Description: | Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows sections, roads, rivers, and lakes in the Town of Cloverland, Vilas County, Wisconsin as of February, 1952. It ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Picnic and play area at Interstate Park, near the St. Croix River. Two girls swing as an adult male sits on a picnic table in the foreground with a child o... |
| Date: | 12 08 1959 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Conservation Department employees honor two retiring members of the Conservation Commission at a dinner at the Middleton Sportsmen's Club. Shown ... |
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| Description: | The bathhouse and wooden boardwalks at the swimming beach, Terry Andrae State Park. |
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