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Feast for the Lotus-Eater

Date: 1957
Description: Lotus beds on Mississippi River in the foreground and middleground. Bluffs are in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Balloons Ascending — 1981 SHS Calendar Cover

Date: 1981
Description: Outside front cover of the 1981 State Historical Society calendar. View of hot air balloons ascending near Wisconsin Dells.
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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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Memorial Park

Date: 1949
Description: A line of trees against a dramatic sky of clouds.
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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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Wind and Trees

Date: 1950
Description: Birch and pine trees on a snow covered hillside in the spring. The location is on Lake Michigan near the Michigan border.
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Wisconsin Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Trees and snow, with buildings behind trees in the background. In the far background are hills or bluffs with rocky outcroppings.
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Lonely Lighthouse

Date: 1952
Description: Rawley Point Lighthouse, located in the Point Beach State Forest. It is 111 feet tall.
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Winter Trim

Date: 1954
Description: Snow-covered pine trees against a dramatic sky with clouds.
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Starkness Offshore

Date: 1954
Description: Wood from a dead tree on the Lake Wisconsin shoreline protruding from the water, and silhouetted against the reflection of a dramatic sky. The far shore is...
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Homestead

Date: 1955
Description: View down unpaved road towards a rustic house and garage, with a truck parked in front. There are woods behind the buildings.
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Last Light

Date: 1955
Description: Docked sailboats at dusk. There are silhouettes of people standing on the pier in the distance.
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Vapor Trails

Date: 08 1955
Description: A dramatic sky behind a silhouette of trees.
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Sea Skeleton

Date: 1956
Description: A boat rack is silhouetted against the lake and a dramatic sky.
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Rural Free Delivery

Date: 03 1955
Description: Four mailboxes and a tree are silhouetted against the sky with low clouds on South River Road.
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The Troubled Air

Date: 09 1955
Description: Sky and clouds above Highway 43, west of Kenosha. Guard rails line the highway on both sides and trees can be seen on the left side.
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The Golden West

Date: 1958
Description: Dramatic sunset with clouds and rays of sun.
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Halo

Date: 1960
Description: A circular contrail forming a halo behind a silhouetted church steeple. Power lines are in the background.
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Squaw Bay

Date: 10 1962
Description: View from shoreline towards a rowboat is pulled up onto the shore of Squaw Bay on Lake Monona. Trees are in the foreground. The sky is overcast and the wat...
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Irrigation

Date: 06 1964
Description: Irrigation sprinklers spraying water onto a field near Grand Marsh.

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