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Swimmers at Mauthe Lake

Date: 1939
Description: View across beach towards a woman wearing a dress sitting on the top of a picnic table. Three girls in swimming suits and caps are standing near her. A lif...
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Nature Hike

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is leading a group of young women on an educational walk in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. He is pointing upward near a large tree. T...
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Parnell Esker

Date: 1939
Description: An elevated view of a sharp curve of an esker in the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
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State Forest Buildings

Date: 04 1938
Description: An elevated view of a farmstead, including a house, barn, silo, and two small outbuildings. The house has a fieldstone wing with front gable and shutters o...
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Garage and Workshop

Date: 09 1942
Description: Trucks and an automobile are parked near a large stone clad building with multiple garage bays and large windows. There is a gasoline pump near the buildin...
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Ranger Home

Date: 1939
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...
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Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 1935
Description: A single lane unpaved road is winding through a wooded area of pine, birch, and other trees.
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Forest Ranger Home

Date: 1940
Description: A log house with a cobblestone foundation stands among pine trees in the Northern Highland State Forest. Horizontal logs comprise the lower portion of the ...
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In the Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 06 1937
Description: The caption on the reverse of this photograph reads: "Steiro girls sitting on lake shore at Trout Lake." The girls are wearing swimming suits, and a dog is...
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Lake Michigan Dune

Date: 1935
Description: A sand dune in Point Beach State Forest has engulfed several trees. Two dead trees are standing in the foreground.
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Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1939
Description: An unidentified man is standing on a boulder on the beach looking out at Lake Michigan.
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Boathouse

Date: 1940
Description: A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ...
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Twin River Point Lighthouse

Date: 1940
Description: A log gate and log-framed sign mark the entrance to the Twin River (Rawley) Point lighthouse. The keeper's house is next to the light and has a turret and ...
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Horses at Point Beach State Forest

Date: 1940
Description: Nine unidentified men and women on horseback are posing in front of the lodge at Point Beach State Forest. A young girl wearing a swimming suit is sitting ...
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At the Shelter House

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified woman is posing sitting on the sand and looking toward Lake Michigan. The newly built shelter house, with its large windowed bay and massiv...
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In the Dining Room

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the dining room in the shelter house at Point Beach State Forest. There are sturdy log picnic tables set with glasses, silverware and tablecloths...
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Dining Room in Recreation Building

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the dining room at Point Beach State Forest. Tables are arranged in a "U" formation and are set with silverware, glasses and tablecloths. The rus...
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"Sticky" at Little Norway

Date: 1935
Description: A man identified only as "Sticky" is posing standing on the lawn in front of a log cabin at Little Norway. He is wearing traditional Norwegian dress with e...
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Bedroom at Villa Louis

Date: 10 1936
Description: A view of the southwest bedroom of Villa Louis, the Hercules Louis Dousman mansion. There is floral wallpaper on the walls, and the room is furnished with ...
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Group of Native American Children

Date: 1935
Description: A group of nine children, two girls and seven boys, sitting on the steps of the Indian School at Tomah. Two boys on the left are holding balls. All of the ...

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