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| Date: | 1945 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | January 01 1934 |
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| Description: | Man in uniform leaning up against the base of a large tree. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A jigsaw in the hands of Harry Westphal makes smooth curves on the end of a piece of wood. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The largest white pine tree standing in America, with several people posing beneath it. Its estimated age is 350-years-old. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-1930) of Forest County, Wisconsin, the last hereditary chief of the Potowatomi. |
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| Description: | Simon Onanguisse Kahquados (1851-1930) of Forest County, Wisconsin, the last hereditary chief of the Potowatomi. This image is part of an exhibit about Nat... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Tecumsa, a Potowatomi, and his family. Tecumsa was the keeper of the sacred tribal drum. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Postcard depicting a group of Potawatomi men at Stone Lake playing the game of moccasin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Leona street scene with parked cars in front of Connor's Big Department Store and the Hotel Gordon, photographed sometime during the summer of 1941. Soon... |
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| Description: | A view of the Soo Line Depot and railroad tracks running through the town at Armstrong Creek. A man, child, and a dog are walking on the railroad tracks. |
| Date: | July 1941 |
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| Description: | Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon. |
| Date: | July 1941 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an automobile in a field near two buildings, perhaps outhouses. |
| Date: | July 28 1941 |
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| Description: | Charlie Spencer (b.1873?), a Kentuckian who migrated to Crandon, recorded white spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is sitting in a ch... |
| Date: | August 14 1941 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Robert Walker. He recorded lumberjack songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down the main street of Argonne. The inn in the right foreground was the Commercial House. Across the street, the first building on the left was Joh... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a park with the Forest County courthouse in the background. |
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