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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
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Passing the Time

Date: 11 1976
Description: Paula Fails and her young niece looking out of an ornate window in a building.
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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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Black Earth Creek

Date: 1949
Description: Black Earth Creek in the winter, with the banks covered with snow. Large trees are leaning over the creek on the right bank. In the background are a fence,...
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Tenney Park

Date: 1950
Description: View across snow towards the A.G. Zimmerman Bridge in Tenney Park during the winter. Large trees are around the bridge. Note from the property record: "rei...
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Washington Park Lagoon

Date: 1950
Description: View of people fishing and boating in Washington Park Lagoon. Three boys are fishing with long bamboo poles from the bank on the left, and two boys are in ...
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Harbor Light

Date: 1951
Description: The Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse entered service in 1918, was automated in 1971 and sold in 2009. The lighthouse is located on the end of a 400 foot bre...
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Wisconsin Winter

Date: 1949
Description: View down center of a road in winter after a fresh snow. Pine trees are along the right, and deciduous trees are on the left.
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Door County Church

Date: 1950
Description: A church with a dark steeple is set on top of a hill above a field with shocks of grain. Trees are on the left and right.
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14° Below

Date: 1951
Description: View along the snow-covered banks of a creek which is steaming in the extreme cold. There are trees growing in the hilly landscape, and the tops of shrubs ...
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Piling It Up, Madison

Date: 1950
Description: A man is operating an Allis-Chalmers HD 5 Diesel tracked front end loader that is scooping snow onto a large pile. Trees are in the background.
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Wisconsin Dairy Farm

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI.
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Virgin Forest

Date: 1950
Description: A man snowshoeing in an old growth forest.
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Oil Refinery

Date: 09 1951
Description: An oil refinery at night illuminated by overhead lights.
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Threatening Skies

Date: 08 1951
Description: Threatening skies loom over boats, piers and boathouses in Eagle harbor.
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Touch Football

Date: 09 1950
Description: Students playing a game of touch football on a dirt field at Norbert College. One team is wearing shirts with "Inmates" printed on the front, other shirts ...
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Wisconsin's Empire City

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of the harbor and port facilities.
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Winter Road

Date: 1952
Description: Winter view of a lake shore road in Peninsula State park. Fresh snow covers the road and trees.

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