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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
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...
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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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Stack of lumber

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Description: Neat stack of lumber next to forest.
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Meadow with Tree Stumps

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Description: Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire.
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"Queen Marinette" Residence

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Description: Inset of head and shoulders portrait of "Queen Marinette," along with an image of her home, which was one of the earliest houses in Marinette. She was the...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: July 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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White Pine

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Description: White pines on the Menominee Reservation. A man is standing next to the trees on the left-hand side of the image.
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Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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West Wing of The Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the west wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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The "Ann Arbor No. 7"

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Description: The screw ferry, "Ann Arbor No. 7." The ferry was later named "Viking," then "Viking I."
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Lumberjacks Eating

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Description: Lumberjacks eating in a cook shanty; probably early twentieth century.
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Children Feeding a Fawn

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Description: Two young children feeding a fawn at Trout Lake.
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Boy with Fawn

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Description: Young boy petting a fawn deer.
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Flambeau State Forest

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Description: Three men are sitting at the base of a large tree at Flambeau State Forest.
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Tall Trees

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Description: Tall trees in a forest.
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World's Largest White Pine Tree

Date: 1945
Description: Two men stand at the base of the White Pine tree reported in 1945 to be the largest in the world at 16.8' in circumference and 140.42' in height. Larger sp...
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Big Trees

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Description: View of trunks of large, uncut trees.
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Men Fighting Forest Fire

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Description: Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back.
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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.

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