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| Date: | 06 23 1930 |
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| Description: | The written description on the reverse of this photograph reads: "Prairie chicken incubating her eggs in a nest located 5 miles southwest of Plainfield." S... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two men are moving a large roll of paper with the help of an overhead pulley. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | A worker is driving a Plymouth "dinky" locomotive out of the entrance of a sand mine. One full car is behind the engine. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards three ore boats at the Soo Line Railroad dock being loaded with iron ore. The first in line is the William B. Pilkey. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across the banks of raceways at the state fish hatchery at Wild Rose. Visitors are strolling along the raceway lined with birch trees. Caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A technician wearing a white tunic is standing near a table holding a partially filled tray of eggs. There are four racks holding additional trays. Bushel ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A retouched, elevated view, looking out the mouth of a cave, over Nelson Dewey State Park. Far below are a railroad bridge and the backwaters of the Missis... |
| Date: | 08 1937 |
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| Description: | Camping trailers and automobiles are parked in a wooded area. Several trailers have awnings over the windows. The caption on the negative envelope reads" "... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline towards three young men in a canoe running the Little Falls rapids on the South Fork of the Flambeau River. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A taxidermied specimen of a tiger muskellunge photographed in a naturalistic setting. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards rock formations along the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park. "Caption reads: "Angle Rock Bend on the... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard elevated view of the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park, with a large rock outcropping and pine trees in the foreground. Captio... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A view from the top of Gibraltar Rock showing a portion of the bluff, left, and rolling fields and woodlands beyond. There is a pond or stream on the right... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the tunnel leading to the bottom of the shot tower shaft at Tower Hill State Park. There is a rustic bridge on the right leading ... |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the state nursery showing fields, an above ground irrigation system, and blocks of plantings. There are men working in a field on the righ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Smokey Bear cub receives treatment from Dr. Edwin J. Smith of Santa Fe, for burns he suffered in a forest fire. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Small child standing on the shoreline of a sandy beach, looking out at the waves, at Terry Andrae State Park on Lake Michigan. |
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