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This Happy Breed

Date: 1956
Description: Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu...
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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.
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Trout Fishing on the Brule

Date: 1949
Description: A man wading and fishing in the Brule River. He is wearing waders, a plaid shirt, hat and creel, and has netted a fish. In the background is a forest and p...
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Little Wolf River

Date: 1950
Description: View across water towards a man fly fishing while standing in the river. He is wearing waders and a hat, and a creel and a net are hanging at his sides. He...
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First Fishing

Date: 1951
Description: First fishing near Vilas Park on Murphy's Creek (now known as Wingra Creek.) Many people are set up to fish on both sides of the tree-lined banks.
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Virgin Forest

Date: 1950
Description: A man snowshoeing in an old growth forest.
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He's Got One

Date: 1950
Description: A group of people are fishing on a shoreline of rocks and logs. One man with a bamboo fishing pole is pulling a fish from the water.
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The Net Mender

Date: 07 1951
Description: A man repairing fishing nets wound on large reels at a fishery.
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The Big Jump

Date: 01 1952
Description: Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since...
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Spring Spraying

Date: 1952
Description: Farmer spraying a fruit tree in blossom.
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Daily Limit

Date: 1952
Description: Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area.
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December Days

Date: 1955
Description: A man sawing the top log in a pile of firewood with a handsaw. There is snow on the ground, and he is dressed warmly. Behind him is a tree, a stone and woo...
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Common Cause

Date: 1955
Description: Two men are standing in a garage and are dressed in hunting gear. One man is holding a gun, and the other man is holding a duck decoy. Their hunting dog i...
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Oiling Up

Date: 1955
Description: Two young boys are oiling the reel of a fishing rod in a shed. The older boy is sitting on a box, and the younger boy is kneeling. A Springer Spaniel has h...
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Effective Advertising, Cooking Maple Syrup

Date: 1956
Description: A man is cooking maple syrup over a wood fire among trees. Steam is billowing from the kettle.
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"... Their Appointed Rounds"

Date: 1956
Description: A mailman is trudging through the snow with his loaded mailbag. A city street and buildings are barely visible through the snow.
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Feeding the Thresher

Date: 1959
Description: Paul Lembcke and his son Roy threshing grain on their farm at harvest time.
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End of a Cold Journey

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: The SS Meteor, a Great Lakes cargo steamship of whaleback design, coming into harbor. The ship is covered with snow and ice and the surface of the l...
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Sugar Bush

Date: 1960
Description: Steam and smoke billow as a man is boiling maple syrup on the Harvey Blue farm.
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Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.

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