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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two smiling men are sitting on the ground and posing with seven good-sized fish. The man on the right is holding a line with a lure on it above the open mo... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man, sitting on a wooden bench, and a woman, sitting on the ground, are enjoying a picnic on the shore of the Flambeau River. There is an open plaid meta... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a man and a woman posing in the act of putting on a green of the golf course in Peninsula State Park. Eagle Harbor and the village o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man and woman are paddling their canoe against the current in the fast running Flambeau River. A small stand of leafless trees and blackene... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Three anglers wearing waders, including a woman on the left, are casting while standing in shallow water. The woman has a kreel on her hip, and the man on ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A young woman is posing sitting on a boulder on the shoreline along a river rapids. She is holding a walking stick and is wearing a romper. The description... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | A figure of Smokey Bear is posed standing with a paw resting on a sign advertising the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Behind him is a sign with his mot... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A portable exhibit in a box with a hinged lid has been set up on a stand covered with corrugated paper. A sign inside the box lid describes the benefits of... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A young man wearing jeans and a t-shirt is handling the luggage as two well-dressed women exit a small seaplane. The pilot is watching from inside the plan... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Three barefoot boys are standing on a boulder on the shore of a lake or stream in a wooded area. One boy is holding a thin stick which has a fishing line a... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A biplane is dropping fingerling fish into a Wisconsin lake. There are two small sheds on the shoreline. The caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Fi... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | In this photograph marked for cropping for publication, a group including a young woman, two young men and a boy observe the features of a rock outcropping... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A young woman smiles as she enjoys the view from the Potawatomi Tower in Potawatomi State Park. There is a house on a small island in Sawyer Harbor, with ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men wearing woolen snowsuits and hats are maneuvering a toboggan over deep snow in a wooded landscape. The sled is loaded with bales of hay and two bus... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Two men with shotguns, accompanied by two dogs, hunting in a grassy field. There is a row of trees and utility poles in the background. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The picnic shelter at the east picnic area in Mill Bluff State Park is sitting at the base of a large rock outcropping. The shelter has low stone walls and... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man on skis and holding ski poles is smiling at the camera in front of the stone warming house at Rib Mountain State Park. Skis and poles are propped on ... |
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