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Aerating Potter's Lake
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A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is on the ground.
February 1977
Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources (creator)
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W013OP0
WHi 129409
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Taking Oxygen Samples
circa 1970-1979
A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results on a clipboard.
Slalom Water Skiing
circa 1970-1979
A young woman is sitting in the back of a motorboat watching a man slalom skiing just behind her.
Water Skiing on Lake Geneva
circa 1970-1979
View across water towards a man and woman sitting in a motor boat, which is towing another man and woman water skiing behind it.
Madison Gas & Electric
January 1977
View across railroad tracks towards smoke rising from the buildings and smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the ground.
