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View of Crawford County

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from Mt. Hosmer, with tall bluffs on the far (Wisconsin) side of the Mississippi River. There are multiple sloughs and island...
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Two Zephyrs

Date: 1935
Description: Two streamlined style, stainless steel clad passenger trains meet on the tracks at the base of a bluff along the Mississippi River near La Crosse. A sign ...
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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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Toboggan Run

Date: 1937
Description: A young man is steering a toboggan with three others on board down a long course. Spectators line the run on the right.
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Evening Along the Winneshiek Bottoms

Date: 1935
Description: Four bluffs are reflected in the back waters of the Mississippi River. A large tree on the right frames the view.
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Landing a Muskie

Date: 09 26 1939
Description: A Wisconsin Conservation Department float in the 1939 Chicago American Legion Parade. The float features two women who are standing in a canoe pretending t...
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Nice Catch

Date: 1935
Description: An unidentified man, wearing a hat with fishing flies on the hatband, is posing in a canoe holding a walleyed pike. Several hooks are protruding from the f...
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Running Little Falls

Date: 1935
Description: View from rocky shoreline towards three young men in a canoe running the Little Falls rapids on the South Fork of the Flambeau River.
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Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1935
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Eau Claire River flowing between block-like rock formations downstream from a stone bridge in the Dells of the Eau Claire Cou...
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Driveway in Cherryland

Date: 1935
Description: Cherry trees in full bloom line an unpaved narrow lane.
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Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
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Gabbits Point and Cabin

Date: 1934
Description: View looking up towards a log cabin near the base of a tall rock outcropping.
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Skiing

Date: 1965
Description: A group of women skiers, one wearing ski boots but no skis, are standing on the slope of a hill just above an A-frame lodge. Cars are parked in the parkin...
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Skiing

Date: 1965
Description: Three skiers, two men and a woman, are admiring the view from the top of a ski hill. There is an A-frame ski lodge in the valley below, as well as a parkin...
Postcard

Menges Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of trees shading the lawn at Menges Resort on Lake Puckaway. There is a two-story wood frame building with a screened porch acro...
Postcard

Fox River Locks

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking downstream at the Fox River locks, with a bridge behind it. A boat is tied along the shoreline just below...
Postcard

Fox River Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh...
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Tiger Muskie

Date: 1940
Description: A taxidermied specimen of a tiger muskellunge photographed in a naturalistic setting.
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Picnic in New Glarus Woods Picnic Grounds

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and two women have gathered at a picnic table in New Glarus Woods State Park (established 1934). A small bucket and dishes are sitting on the table...
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Camping in Bradley Park near Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1940
Description: A woman wearing a bandana on her head is sitting at a picnic table talking with another woman who is standing in front of a tent-style camping trailer. Bot...

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