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Boy at Golden Rondelle

Date: 1968
Description: Boy standing below the Golden Rondelle with the Johnson Wax Research Tower in the background. Workers on scaffolding can be seen on the tower in the distan...
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Boy Holding a Crayfish

Date: 1969
Description: Portrait of a young boy in front of a lake holding up and examining a crayfish.
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Smoked Fish

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Description: A woman is standing outdoor in front of a smokehouse and holding up a wooden rod with smoked fish hanging from it. More fish are hanging from rods behind h...
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Outdoor Pumpkin Stand

Date: 1967
Description: Two adults and two children are standing around an outdoor farm stand with pumpkins, Indian corn, and gourds for sale. Each person is holding a pumpkin. T...
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Pumpkins at Farm Stand

Date: 1967
Description: Pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn on display at a farm stand. A womand and two children are standing near a man who is weighing produce on a scale under a r...
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Bessie the Cow

Date: 1967
Description: Rear view of a man kneeling on the ground while taking a photograph of his wife and son who are posing in front of a large fiberglass statue of a brown and...
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Dead Fish Along the Shoreline

Date: 1967
Description: View along shoreline with a large amount of dead alewives floating in the water near large rocks. A man and children are standing on a stone fishing dock o...
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Warden Removing a Dead Deer

Date: 1968
Description: View from side of road towards a Wisconsin game warden removing a dead deer lying in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural highway. Behin...
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Native American Basket Weaving

Date: 1967
Description: Mable and Martin Lowe sitting outdoors, with a dwelling (chipoteke) behind them. Mable is weaving a basket, while Martin is working on strips of wood for h...
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Basket Weaving at Fort Dells

Date: 1967
Description: Sarah Snake (WhiteEagle) is sitting on a bench and showing a tourist how to weave a basket. Other visitors are standing around her to watch the demonstrati...
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Mable Lowe Weaving a Basket

Date: 1967
Description: Over the shoulder view from behind of Mable Davis (maiden name) Lowe as she is weaving a basket outdoors. Martin Lowe is sitting nearby on a cushioned benc...
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Clown at Circus World Museum

Date: 1968
Description: A man dressed as a clown is standing next to a young boy at Circus World Museum. The boy is sitting on the side of a circus wagon.
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Fire Lookout Tower

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy wearing a red plastic firefighter hat is looking up at a five-story fire lookout tower at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum.
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Circus Parade

Date: 1968
Description: View from rear of a crowd of people watching circus wagons passing by on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Two horses are pulling a blue wagon with red a...
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Circus World Parade

Date: 1968
Description: View from a crowd of people watching horse-drawn circus wagons parading on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Behind the wagon is a man dressed in a red a...
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America's First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View across lawn towards a man holding open a door for a group of children. They are entering a small white building, the site of America's first kindergar...
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Llama Ride at Circus World

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are standing near a child riding a llama, with a young girl on the right standing and holding the llama's lead. In the background, people a...
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The Hodag

Date: 1967
Description: A family looking at a sculpture of a Hodag in a glass case at the Rhinelander Logging Museum.

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