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At the Beach

Date: 1940
Description: View from shoreline towards two men and two women in bathing suits standing and holding hands while standing in shallow water as a small wave breaks around...
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Door County View

Date: 06 1938
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a plaid jacket sitting on the ground with her hand on a dog lying beside her in Peninsula State Park. There is a ...
Postcard

Cottage Scene, Eagle Crest Resort

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on...
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A Good Day's Catch

Date: 1940
Description: Two smiling men are sitting on the ground and posing with seven good-sized fish. The man on the right is holding a line with a lure on it above the open mo...
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Picnic on Shore of Flambeau River

Date: 1940
Description: A man, sitting on a wooden bench, and a woman, sitting on the ground, are enjoying a picnic on the shore of the Flambeau River. There is an open plaid meta...
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Canoeing

Date: 1940
Description: View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou...
Postcard

Angle Rock Bend on the St. Croix

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards rock formations along the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park. "Caption reads: "Angle Rock Bend on the...
Photograph

Rock Formation

Date: 1940
Description: A retouched photographic postcard view across water towards rock formations along the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park. The caption reads: "LaCroix...
Photograph

The Wonder Rock

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard elevated view of the St. Croix River in Interstate State Park, with a large rock outcropping and pine trees in the foreground. Captio...
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Golf with a View

Date: 1940
Description: View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o...
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Poling a Canoe

Date: 1940
Description: River guide Bev Dennis is poling a canoe upstream through "The Falls" of the upper Bois Brule River. There is an armchair style seat in the front of the ca...
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Rustic Footbridge

Date: 1940
Description: A rustic log footbridge crosses the Bois Brule River at the Superior Brule Club.
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Paddling Upstream

Date: 1940
Description: An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene...
Postcard

Returning to Camp

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view of young men and boys paddling canoes toward the shore of Boulder Lake. A canoe on the left bears the YMCA insignia. Other yout...
Photograph

Fly Fishing

Date: 1940
Description: Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ...
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Beside the River

Date: 1950
Description: A young woman is posing sitting on a boulder on the shoreline along a river rapids. She is holding a walking stick and is wearing a romper. The description...
Postcard

Black Bear

Date: 1940
Description: A photographic postcard described on the reverse: "A black bear in the Wisconsin north woods."
Photograph

Enjoying the View

Date: 1940
Description: The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at...
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Fishing Display

Date: 1940
Description: A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe...
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Pasture Display

Date: 1940
Description: A portable exhibit in a box with a hinged lid has been set up on a stand covered with corrugated paper. A sign inside the box lid describes the benefits of...

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