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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Dept. map shows sections, roads, rivers, and lakes in the Town of Presque Isle, Vilas County, Wisconsin as of March 1953. It do... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men in a canoe on the Namekagon River in northwestern Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of two men in a canoe running the Cedar Rapids on the Flambeau River. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Small group of women with a leader in wooded area on a trail engaged in nature study. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View through birch trees looking down at two men fishing from a rowboat near the shoreline. Another boat is tethered to the shore nearby. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Reservoir used to store water for raising cranberries. A large group of people are walking around the perimeter towards automobiles parked in the distance.... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin state official historical marker titled 'Forest Restoration, The Beginning.' The text reads: "This place on Trout Lake was selected by E.M. G... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A smiling Neal Harrington is handing a box to another man. There are other people in the background and flanking Neal. They are in a state forest or park w... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of C.L. (Neal) Harrington taken by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. C.L. Harrington was the Wisconsin State Forester. |
| Date: | 12 01 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of seven men posed in front of a curtain. C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the back on the right. The man are attending a forestry conference. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | This quadrangle collection of maps, meaning geological surveys, shows sections of central and northern Wisconsin. The maps include a quadrangle index map. ... |
| Date: | 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Harvested bundles of oats in a field on the Dean farm. |
| Date: | 01 22 1910 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with boys on skis preparing to compete at the first ski tournament in Stoughton, Wisconsin, possibly in ski jumping. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | This map shows state public hunting and/or fishing grounds, national forests, state forests, county forests.The lower margin includes an index to these loc... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | An elm growing on the property of C.H. Weller, on West Highland Street, towers over the adjacent houses. In 1952, the circumference of the tree's trunk was... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A sign that reads: "The Giant Tree" has been attached to the bent trunk of a large silver maple tree. A smaller tree in the background has a similarly bent... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man, probably H.M. Phelps, posing with his right hand resting on the massive trunk of a bur oak which grew on the Phelps farm three miles w... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women posing at the base of an enormous white pine, named to honor the famous general. Several people are posing at the base of the tree... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was though... |
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