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| Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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| Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Man looking at a map of Copper Falls State Park, which is on display to assist visitors. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior shot of a shelter house at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 08 1936 |
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| Description: | Trail through Copper Falls State Park along the west bluff, through virgin hemlock timber. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | The shelter house at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| Description: | The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform. |
| Date: | 07 1937 |
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| Description: | View down picturesque suspension bridge across one of the gullies at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two rustic stairways leading down to the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. At the bottom of the stairs is a sign telling the geological story of Copper... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Copper Falls at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | View upriver of the rapids above Tyler Falls at Copper Falls State Park. In the distance you can see a bridge across the river. |
| Date: | 07 1940 |
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| Description: | Two boys and two girls swimming at the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. One of the girls is diving off the dock that also has a platform. In the backg... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of crew members standing and sitting on the deck of the ore boat Captain Thomas Wilson in Ashland harbor. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards three ore boats at the Soo Line Railroad dock being loaded with iron ore. The first in line is the William B. Pilkey. |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of Georgia Junior Rangers and their guides viewing the Copper Falls of the Bad River. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Wooden roof-like grave covers and fences mark the graves in a Madeline Island cemetery. There is also a wooden cross on the right. Originally named St. Jo... |
| 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. |
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