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| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man wearing bib overalls is posing on a pier holding a large trout. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "An 8½ lb. trout taken fro... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A crowd has gathered on a hilltop overlooking a large flat expanse which has been cleared of trees. A man is standing slightly downhill from the group and ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One man is sighting a transit level, and another man is holding a round metal post as a crew of six people "sets a corner" in a Jackson County forest. Ther... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A one and one half story, stone clad house with wide siding in the front gable is standing on a low rise surrounded by a lawn and mature trees. On the reve... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A single lane unpaved road is winding through a wooded area of pine, birch, and other trees. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Waist-up outdoor portrait of a Native American man. He is wearing a plaid jacket over a dark-colored shirt. There appears to be construction in progress be... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Waist-up outdoor portrait of Cecelia Blackdeer (1917-1990), the daughter of Charles and Carolind Decorah Blackdeer standing in front of a flowering tree. S... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Boys are roasting weiners at a stone fire ring overlooking the Chippewa River in Brunet Island State Park. A man on the far right, behind trees, is walking... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Brownstone Falls. Two tall pines are growing at the top edge of a rock to the right of the falls. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A young man wearing a hat, short pants, and a rucksack is standing atop a high rock formation looking down at Devil's Lake. There are wooded bluffs in the ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The bluffs and lake appear hazy beyond an unpaved road and simple wooden bridge at Devil's Lake State Park. A man or boy at the shoreline can be seen throu... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards six men enjoying an elevated view of the golf course at Devil's Lake State Park. One of the men is sitting under the porch of the br... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the St. Croix River at Interstate Park. There is a boat with open sides, probably an excursion boat, going down the river, and rock for... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View down slope towards a pine tree with three main trunks silhouetted against rolling dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from among trees towards three men working to pull up and secure three rowboats at a rustic log landing site on the Flambeau River. One man is still s... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View towards a line of several dozen men and women, in equestrian attire and on horseback, riding single file up a hill from a large arena style building s... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water towards three men and a woman posing while standing in a wooden boat in a sea cave in the Apostle Islands. Rock formations and other sea ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The description on the negative envelope reads: "David Sample, guide at Brule, Wisconsin, taking a tourist down the fast moving waters of the Brule River."... |
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