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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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Wisconsin Billboard

Date: 1938
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...
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Viewing the Falls

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a group of Georgia Junior Rangers and their guides viewing the Copper Falls of the Bad River.
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Mount Trempealeau, Perrot State Park

Date: 06 1936
Description: Caption reads: "Perrot State Park (Trempealeau vicinity), Wis. Mount Trempealeau, as seen from Brady's Bluff. View looking west. Photo by the Wisconsin Con...
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Fort Howard Hospital, Surgeon's Quarters

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

Date: 1940
Description: View of Taylor Lake and the entrance to Chain O' Lakes.
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Civilian Conservation Corps Employees

Date: 1937
Description: A group portrait of the Motor Transportation and Utilities Department of the Sparta District CCC. Jacob Spreuer, junior dispatcher, is in the second row.
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Making Chowder

Date: 08 1940
Description: Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou...
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Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
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Driveway in Cherryland

Date: 1935
Description: Cherry trees in full bloom line an unpaved narrow lane.
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53-Year-Old White Pines

Date: 
Description: A 53-year-old stand of White Pine trees.
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Copper Falls

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Copper Falls on the Bad River.
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Spirit Falls

Date: 1940
Description: View of Spirit Falls at a low water stage.
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Senate Bill 458

Date: 1947
Description: Pages one and Two of Senate Bill 458 regarding the depositing of toxic insecticides.
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Terry Andrae State Park Recreational Grounds

Date: 
Description: Recreational grounds near the beach at Terry Andrae State Park. A woman and a child are on a swing set. There are teeter totters on the left.
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Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line a...
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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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White Pine

Date: 1940
Description: Lear Shewano is dwarfed by a grove of huge virgin white pine trees in the Menominee Indian Reservation. He is wearing a white hat and plaid shirt.

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