Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Wisconsin. Conservation Department
Filter: Creator Name of Wisconsin. Conservation Department.
| Date: | 04 1939 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette. |
| Date: | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Picnic and play area at Interstate Park, near the St. Croix River. Two girls swing as an adult male sits on a picnic table in the foreground with a child o... |
| Date: | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River. |
| Date: | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines. |
| Date: | 09 25 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Philip Fox La Follette (center) together with Governors Horner (Illinois) and Kraschel (Iowa) pose in front of the fish they caught during a fishi... |
| Date: | 09 25 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Philip La Follette (Wisconsin) and Governor Henry Horner (Illinois) enjoy a laugh in the boat during a fishing trip. |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two eight point bucks are standing in dappled shade at the edge of a wooded area. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Joe Norton, left, and his son Bud are tending a large pan of fish chowder cooking over the coals of a campfire on the shore of Green Lake. In the backgrou... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man with a hammer is working at the top of a telephone pole as a second man is watching from the ground. There is a third man near a man on another pole ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A large crew of men are bending to their work of planting seedling trees into furrows. Each man is carrying a spade-like tool with a long handle, and a box... |
| Date: | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three men, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, fighting a forest fire. Two of the men have shovels; the third is directing a stream of water from a... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across water towards an unidentified man sitting in the stern of a small boat, holding a fishing rod. A younger man, sitting forward, is rowing. There... |
| Date: | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of people, including two men, two women and a youth, is gathered around a campfire on a beach in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. One of the women,... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
