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Ski Hill

Date: 11 1938
Description: View down hill towards skiers enjoying a sunny winter day on a ski hill in Wisconsin. One man is relaxing by lying on his back with his skis crossed up in ...
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Cross Country Skiers

Date: 1938
Description: Two men and a woman ski single file through a snowy wooded landscape. Their clothes are dusted with snow. The location is identified only as "the woods o...
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Trout Fishing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Elevated view of a man wearing a plaid shirt, waders, and a hat with flies tucked in the band casting into a stream. The caption on the negative envelope r...
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Tourism Float

Date: 09 1939
Description: The Wisconsin float in the 1939 American Legion Convention parade features a log cabin and a boat and is decorated with small evergreen trees and boughs. T...
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Duck Hunting

Date: 10 10 1936
Description: As described on the negative envelope, an unidentified man is standing in his boat, "Shooting at a flock of mallards at Lake Partridge near Fremont on the ...
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Forest Protection Headquarters

Date: 1936
Description: View across street towards men and women standing in small groups outside the brick Forest Protection Headquarters building of the Wisconsin Conservation D...
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Gangster Museum

Date: 07 1937
Description: A small cottage with a tarpaper roof houses the "Gangster Museum" on the grounds of Little Bohemia. The corner of the main lodge is at far left, and Little...
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Fishing at Dam Lake

Date: 08 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man fishing from a rowboat near the shore. He is wearing a light shirt and vest, and a hat. Other boats are moore...
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Observation Tower

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: View looking up towards people enjoying the view from the top of the wooden observation tower at Potawatomi State Park. Two women are standing in the parki...
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Gills Rock

Date: 09 06 1937
Description: Men and women are standing around the ferry landing at Gills Rock. Automobiles are parked along the drive. Fishing nets on dryers are stacked at left, in f...
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Yahara River

Date: 03 27 1937
Description: View across water towards a well-dressed man and woman posing in front of a car while another man takes their photograph. A woman and young girl are lookin...
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Indian Ford Dam

Date: 06 1938
Description: View across water on a sunny day, where many anglers are fishing below the Indian Ford dam and bridge on the Rock river. Some of the men are fishing from t...
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Ski Tow at Rib Mountain

Date: 1938
Description: An unidentified skier wearing gaiters is posing holding his poles in his right hand and the ski tow bar with his left. Other people are lined up behind him...
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Biologist at Work

Date: 1938
Description: Superintendent of Biology Edward "Doc" Schneberger, who is wearing a long white coat, is sitting on a stool and looking through a microscope at a small tab...
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Battle of the Muskies

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: After a long day of fishing, the governors of three states are posing with ten muskies hanging from a birch log wired to two trees. Known as the "Battle of...
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Bear Cubs

Date: 05 1942
Description: An unidentified woman and a man are tending to two small bear cubs that are wearing harnesses, at the counter of a display in the All-Wisconsin Outdoor Sho...
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Out for Sunday Dinner

Date: 1935
Description: View across snowy road towards men and women posing in front of Idlewild Lodge, a two-story wood framed structure with log siding on the first floor, and a...
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Camping in Bradley Park

Date: 1936
Description: Two smiling men, one carrying long fishing poles and the other a set of paddles, are walking away from their campsites while two women are working at a pic...
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A Day at the Beach

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of a crowd of mostly young men and women enjoying a sunny day at South Shore Beach.

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