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| Date: | 04 1939 |
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| Description: | Two men smelt wrestling at the Smelt Carnival in Marinette. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Mercer Ranger Station from a watchtower. |
| Date: | 10 1936 |
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| Description: | Fire lookout station at Mercer ranger station. |
| Date: | 08 10 1936 |
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| Description: | Five men, who are members of a fire fighting crew, pose in front of their truck at the Park Falls Ranger Station. |
| Date: | 03 1935 |
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| Description: | A tractor and plow on a trailer is being towed by a truck. |
| Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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| Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
| Date: | 07 1936 |
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| Description: | Checking station at the entrance of Chequamegon National Forest in Taylor County. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People on a rustic bridge over river at Copper Falls State Park. A long log building is in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Man looking at a map of Copper Falls State Park, which is on display to assist visitors. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Exterior shot of a shelter house at Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | People descending a rustic stairway leading down to the trail along the Bad River. |
| Date: | 08 1936 |
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| Description: | Trail through Copper Falls State Park along the west bluff, through virgin hemlock timber. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Two workmen stack crates of cranberries in an open air drying shed. The original caption which was supplied by the Agriculture Department noted that Wiscon... |
| Date: | 06 22 1937 |
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| Description: | Two men and a boy using a truck to harvest reed canary grass. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Man on a tractor plows furrows in former brush land where Reed Canary Grass is to be planted. Another man stands to the side. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Picnic and play area at Interstate Park, near the St. Croix River. Two girls swing as an adult male sits on a picnic table in the foreground with a child o... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River. |
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