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Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake
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View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the water at the shoreline. The six men are dressed in work clothes and hats.This is an early use of an aircraft to detect forest fires.
1915
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Boat House: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake
1911
View along shoreline towards the new boat house constructed of Norway pine logs at Trout Lake. It is part of the forest ranger complex. Caption reads: "Boat House: Wisconsin State Forest Reserve, T...
East Shore Trout Lake
1912
View across water of the east shore of Trout Lake. Caption reads: "East Shore. Trout Lake, Vilas Co. Wis."
Planting Camp North End of Trout Lake
May 1911
Trout Lake was the site of the first forest planting or nursery. This camp was at the north end of Trout Lake.
Trout Lake Timber
1912
Photographic postcard of a stand of tall trees in the forest at Trout Lake. A hat is hanging on the trunk of a tree in the center.
Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake
1912
Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partially out of frame), who may be C.L. (Neal) H...
