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| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| 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: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men, one wearing a pith helmet, are directing the stream from a fire hose over a body of water. There are several men in the background, some wearing W... |
| Date: | 08 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,... |
| Date: | 03 11 1936 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man is inspecting a construction of logs and branches, stacked neatly and tied with ropes. He is standing on ice on a cleared area of a sno... |
| Date: | 03 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Two men in work clothes are bending over a box they are constructing from slab wood near Lake Menomin. There is snow on the ground and a park shelter in th... |
| Date: | 06 09 1936 |
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| Description: | Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right.... |
| Date: | 04 24 1936 |
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| Description: | Men are working on a project at the State Fish Hatchery. There is new concrete lining a raceway in the foreground, where a man is working on the floor. Woo... |
| Date: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the state nursery showing fields, an above ground irrigation system, and blocks of plantings. There are men working in a field on the righ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1936 |
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| Description: | One man is working on a ladder near the side door of a one and one half story, masonry block building with five garage bays. There are two men on the right... |
| Date: | 04 28 1936 |
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| Description: | A view looking downstream at a recently built concrete dam with four gates. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads: "Dam built by WPA in drainage di... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two groups of men are standing on a temporary wooden bridge over the Totogatic River. There is a large form in place on the left and a complete concrete wi... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking upstream, of water flowing through a dam. On the reverse of the print is written: "Dam built by WPA on site of old logging dam on the ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man standing on a lawn is holding a 48 pound muskie by a wood handled hook. There is a lake in the background, and on the right, the rustic... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man wearing waders and a cap is posing on a rocky shore holding up a large muskie. There is a wooden canoe in the shallow water behind him. |
| 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: | 04 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are pushing an implement between guide ropes at the Central (now Griffith) State Nursery. The description on the reverse of the photograph explains... |
| 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 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 |
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| 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... |
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