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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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Menominee Indian Reservation Sawmill

Date: 1957
Description: View from shoreline of logs floating in the water of Neopit Mill Pond. The sawmill is across the water, partially obscured by tall piles of logs.
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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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Test Seining on Kentuck Lake

Date: 1958
Description: View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ...
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Carriage Tour of Stonefield

Date: 1967
Description: A horse-drawn carriage carrying visitors is coming through a covered bridge at Stonefield Village.
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Governor Dodge State Park

Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of Cox Hollow Lake in Governor Dodge State Park.
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Whitefish Bay

Date: 1967
Description: View across grass and sand towards a young couple, a man and woman, holding hands and walking along the shoreline of Whitefish Bay. Trees are along the cur...
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of a family standing in front of a stone wall at Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. The man is pointing towards the Wisconsin Ri...
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Governor Knowles with a Rainbow Trout

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, holding up a rainbow trout at Teal Lake. He is holding his fishing pole in his right hand, and ...
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Governor Knowles Fishing at Teal Lake

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Description: Governor Warren Perley Knowles, 37th Governor of Wisconsin, standing on the shoreline of Teal Lake holding a fishing pole.
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Stacking Rocks

Date: 1967
Description: Two children sit on a shingle beach with Lake Michigan in the background. The girl is watching as the boy is stacking stones on top of each other to make a...
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Relaxing on a Pier

Date: 1967
Description: A young boy is lying on his back with one leg crossed over his knee on a concrete pier on a lake. A fishing net and a tackle box is next to him, and a fish...
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Family Playing on a Beach on Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A woman is sitting with a baby and holding a beach ball while sitting in the shallow water on a sandy shoreline. Nearby a man and child are holding hands a...
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Family Playing in Long Lake

Date: 1967
Description: A family is playing in the water at a beach. The mother is sitting in the shallow water at the shoreline, holding her baby. Another child is standing next ...
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Canoeing

Date: 1967
Description: Three people paddling down the Brule River in a canoe.
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Canoeing on the Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: View from shoreline of a family canoeing down the Brule River.
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Brule River

Date: 1967
Description: A family of three are canoeing down the Brule River. Bushes and tall grass are along the shoreline, and trees are in the background.
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Lake Steamer

Date: 1967
Description: View from behind of two men sitting on a park bench who are looking at the lake steamer docked in the harbor. In the distance, a red lighthouse is at the e...

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