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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 ...
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Canoe Poling

Date: 10 1937
Description: Rear view of two canoes, one directly behind the other, each propelled by a man traveling on the Brule River. The man in the foreground is using a pole, an...
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On the Flambeau River

Date: 07 1937
Description: View across water towards a shoreline where men and boys are gathered on the bank of the Flambeau River, with several canoes and rowboats pulled up to the ...
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Sailing

Date: 08 1934
Description: Rear view of three young men sailing an E-Scow sailboat numbered U 65 in a regatta on Lake Mendota. "NAN TUCK" is painted on the stern of the boat. Maple B...
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Paddling

Date: 10 1938
Description: View across water towards two men in a canoe on the left, and a man and woman in a duckboat on the right paddling down the Clam River. Trees and shrubs cov...
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Pothole

Date: 10 1937
Description: A woman identified as Beth Doane is inspecting a large pothole in a rock formation high above the St. Croix River in Interstate Park. She is wearing gloves...
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Interstate Park

Date: 10 1937
Description: A woman identified as Beth Doane is sitting on a rock formation high above the St. Croix River. She is looking into one of several potholes in the area. Th...
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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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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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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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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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Game Farm Laboratory

Date: 10 1935
Description: A man wearing a white surgical gown and gloves is standing at a surgical table. He is performing a necropsy on a small animal. There is a double basin stan...
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Fire Garage

Date: 1937
Description: A one and one half story masonry block building with five bays with open doors stands in a wooded area. A track vehicle on a trailer is hitched behind a l...
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Young Blackneck Pheasants

Date: 08 1936
Description: Young blackneck pheasants flocking together in two adjacent chicken wire fenced pens. There is a shed in the background, right. The description typed on th...
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Adopted Skunks

Date: 06 1937
Description: A domestic short-hair calico mother cat is sitting with several baby skunks around her. There is also a kitten at lower right. On the reverse of the print ...
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Three Raccoons

Date: 1937
Description: On the reverse of the print is written: "Raccoon feeding at Experimental Game & Fur Farm, Poynette, Wisconsin." A pan of food is secured in a wooden trough...
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Fox Kits

Date: 1935
Description: Close-up of an unidentified man's hands holding a pair of blue fox kits, or pups.
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Woman with Dog

Date: 06 1937
Description: The caption on the reverse of this print reads: "Miss Ferguson sitting with dog on shore of Pine Lake." They are framed by the trunks of two birch trees, a...
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Sharing a Snack

Date: 1935
Description: An unidentified man, resting a camera on one knee and kneeling on the snow covered ground, is holding a slice of bread in his teeth while a young deer is e...
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...

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