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Allis Chalmers Plant

Date: 1935
Description: Vines are growing on the facade of the Allis Chalmers factory which extends the full width of this view. There are automobiles and a street car in the back...
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State Fish Hatchery

Date: 05 1936
Description: View down a fieldstone-lined stream towards a graceful stone bridge crossing the stream at the fish hatchery. A one and one half story building with a porc...
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Stocking Bass

Date: 1936
Description: View from pier towards a truck with dual rear wheels parked with the open bed facing the shore of Lake Koshkonong. Two men wearing waders are dumping a bas...
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Fish Car

Date: 1935
Description: Two men are standing in front of a railroad car on railroad tracks. A blanket is hanging over a line tied to the railing of the car. On the reverse of the ...
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Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: B.O. Webster, superintendent of fisheries, on the left in an overcoat, and an unidentified man carrying a pail and dipper, on the right, are walking along ...
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Canning Carp

Date: 11 1936
Description: A man wearing a long leather apron, cap and gloves is operating a machine that secures lids to cans. Written on the reverse of the print is the description...
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Brule Fish Hatchery

Date: 11 16 1929
Description: Slightly elevated view towards an unidentified man standing in the doorway of a simple wood frame, single story building. A sign on the roof identifies the...
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Planting Pike

Date: 1935
Description: Two unidentified men, working from a boat or raft, are dumping the contents of milk cans into the waters of a lake. There are small cottages on the shore i...
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Fishing Weir

Date: 1935
Description: A man kneeling on a wharf holds the bow of a canoe while two others stand nearby. The man at far right carries a long fishing rod. There is a trailer on ...
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Stream Improvement

Date: 1935
Description: A stone weir has been built on a meandering river to improve it for fish habitat.
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Collecting Fish Spawn

Date: 04 24 1932
Description: The caption on the reverse of the print reads, "Edward Zitman, Birchwood, and Peter Olson, Madison, obtaining golden wall-eyed pike spawn from Beaver Dam L...
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Rough Fish Removal

Date: 1936
Description: Men standing on a barge, left, and others on a wharf, work with a net full of fish from Lake Winnebago as others watch. Two boys at right are walking away...
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Work at the Fish Hatchery

Date: 1938
Description: Five men work at two long sinks which contain trays holding fish eggs. There are two bare lightbulbs overhead. The caption on the reverse of the print re...
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Hatching Jars

Date: 1939
Description: Four men work with hatching jars at a state fish hatchery. The jars are arranged in two long rows.
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Fire Garage

Date: 1937
Description: A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l...
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Planting Trees

Date: 1936
Description: A group of young men work on a wooded hillside. The caption on the reverse of the print explains, "A group of CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] boys doing...
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Norway Pine Forest

Date: 1942
Description: A man, likely a conservation warden, stands looking upward with his left hand resting on the trunk of a tree near the Star lake Ranger Station. The trees ...
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Young Trees

Date: 1939
Description: Described on the reverse of the print as, "Four to five year old evergreen trees," young trees grow in neat rows beneath overhead irrigation pipes. The gr...
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Packing Young Trees

Date: 04 1938
Description: Working at a counter, an unidentified man ties twine around a burlap-wrapped bundle of small everygreen trees while another man looks on. A typed caption...
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Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...

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