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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two men stand at the base of the White Pine tree reported in 1945 to be the largest in the world at 16.8' in circumference and 140.42' in height. Larger sp... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Leona street scene with parked cars in front of Connor's Big Department Store and the Hotel Gordon, photographed sometime during the summer of 1941. Soon... |
| Date: | 07 1941 |
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| Description: | Two buildings, perhaps outhouses, and farm equipment in the vicinity of Crandon. |
| Date: | 07 1941 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an automobile in a field near two buildings, perhaps outhouses. |
| Date: | 07 28 1941 |
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| Description: | Charlie Spencer (b.1873?), a Kentuckian who migrated to Crandon, recorded white spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is sitting in a ch... |
| Date: | 08 14 1941 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Robert Walker. He recorded lumberjack songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill towards the city of Laona on the far shoreline. A large smokestack is spewing smoke. Caption reads: "Laona, Wis." |
| 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... |
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