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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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Fish Creek

Date: 08 11 1950
Description: Aerial view of Eagle Harbor.
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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.
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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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Winter Sculpture

Date: 1948
Description: View across grass towards a tree on the shore of Lake Michigan which has accumulated ice from the waves and spray.
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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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Three Birches

Date: 1949
Description: A copse of birch trees in the woods alongside a lake.
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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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Lake Mendota Inlet

Date: 1950
Description: A partially frozen inlet from the lake. The view may be from Spring Harbor Park. Docks and piers line the shores. A rowboat partially covered in snow is up...
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Wisconsin Resort

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St...
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Bleak November

Date: 1950
Description: View from shoreline towards two men in a canoe near Birch Point on Little Elkhart Lake. The day is overcast. Around the point is another man in a boat, and...
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Memorial Park

Date: 1949
Description: A line of trees against a dramatic sky of clouds.
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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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Swimmin' Hole

Date: 1950
Description: A group of children swimming below a cascade on a river. The area is surrounded by trees.

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