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Walter E. Scott

Date: 1979
Description: Walter Scott (1911-1983) posing in front of the gnarled trunk of a box elder tree at his home, Hickory Hill House. Scott was employed by the Wisconsin Depa...
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Maple Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large soft maple tree stands beside a small house with plastic sheeting on the porch screens. There is a barn with a silo in the background, and snow on ...
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Walter Koehn

Date: 1979
Description: Wally Koehn (1915-1998) posing with his left forearm resting against the giant trunk of a northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) on the Wrigley estate ...
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Jackson Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A large, spreading white oak standing in front of a fence in a snow covered open area at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It is named for Col...
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Shagbark Hickory

Date: 1982
Description: A tall, shagbark hickory standing alone on a small island in the middle of Edgewood Drive near its west end. A woman walking in the roadway is dwarfed by t...
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Autumn Purple White Ash

Date: 1980
Description: A mature white ash (Fraxinus americana) standing on a snow covered slope on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Hise hall is on the left...
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The Goff Larch

Date: 1982
Description: This European Larch with two trunks was planted on the lawn of the Agricultural Dean's House on Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus...
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Willow Drive

Date: 1982
Description: Large specimens of Salix alba line Willow Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Some of the trees date from the 1890s, and many have ...
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Bascom Hill Elms

Date: 1980
Description: Tall, spreading elms line the sidewalks leading up the mall to Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Vleck Hall is to the left. St...
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The President's Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large, spreading bur oak standing in a snowy landscape along a sidewalk on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Hise Hall is on the right. The...
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The Columbus Cottonwood

Date: 1982
Description: An unidentified man and boy, probably John Crombie and his son, posing next to the large trunk of an Eastern poplar, Populus deltoides on the Crombi...
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Champion White Ash

Date: 1979
Description: A towering white ash, devoid of leaves, standing along the sidewalk in front of a two-story brick Norman revival house with a large chimney. There is a du...
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Pine Street Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A grand white oak standing at the northwest corner of Pine and Hickory Streets. The tree dwarfs the house on the left and branches extend completely across...
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Cram/Houghton Blaze Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A segment of the trunk of a pine bears the scars of a "blaze" carved with an ax and bearing the inscription: "XIX T. J. Cram, D. Houghton Aug 11, 1841." C...
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Chief Tokaunee Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A very large, spreading bur oak standing in a snow-covered field. There are small conifers planted in the foreground. The oak bears the name of a Ho-Chunk...
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Grant County Sycamore

Date: 1979
Description: A mature sycamore tree standing in front of farm buildings and a silo. There is a mailbox and fire number sign at the edge of a road in the foreground. The...
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The Poet's Larch

Date: 1982
Description: The lower portion of the trunk of a large larch tree standing beside the farmhouse of poet Edna Meudt. The tree had been toppled by a tornado in 1973 and w...
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White Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A mature white oak with multiple large branches standing in the backyard of the Robert Carberry house on Millston Avenue. The rear of the house and a bird ...
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Magnus Swenson Trees

Date: 1982
Description: A solitary Norway spruce is framed by the limb and trunk of a large tree on "Thorstrand," the former estate of entrepreneur Magnus Swenson. Snow is on the ...
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Quivey's Grove Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A bare, large bur oak appears almost as a silhouette against the sky and snow-covered ground. It is standing on the grounds of Quivey's Grove Restaurant at...

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