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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Selective Logging

Date: 03 1938
Description: A large white pine being felled on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This photograph was taken to illustrate the tribe's selective logging practices.
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Split-Rail Fence and Fields

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: View at sunrise of a split-rail fence and fields.
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Menominee Family

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Description: Studio portrait of the Menominee family of Kaw-hee-she-uh-quat in formal attire.
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Wolf River Dam

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Description: Wolf River Dam with ice and snow. Houses are in the background.
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Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company

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Description: Stacks of logs are in the foreground with a man in a hat near the river. There is a chimney billowing smoke near the factory.
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Historical Marker in the Vicinity of Kenosha Falls

Date: 1924
Description: A sign north of Shawano marks the Military Road, built 1864-1871, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Marquette, Michigan. In 1924 the Wisconsin portion of the r...
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Sunlight in a Forest

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: Sunlight seeps through the trees in a wooded area.
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Herman Rafoth

Date: 1925
Description: Herman Rafoth, smoking a pipe, stands behind a two-story wooden house. Rafoth was the driver of a stage held up by Raymond Holzse on May 8, 1880. A woman...
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Raymond Holzse

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of a waist-up portrait of Raymond Holzse. Holzse was described as a "bandit of northern Wisconsin, who planned several stage holdups."
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Feed Plant

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: View of the Gresham Cooperative Feed Mill. A residential house is visible in the background.
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House and Water Wheel

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: A small, stone house with a miniature water wheel. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Miniature water wheel which generates electricity to light the reside...
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Hanging Vine

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: A close-up of a hanging vine near a wire fence. In the background is a field bordered by trees.
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Field with Tractor Tracks

Date: 05 25 1963
Description: View over rock wall of a plowed field with tractor tracks in the dirt.
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Tree Reflections

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: Several tree reflections are seen in water underneath a small bridge near a river bank.
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Winding Country Stream

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: A steam winds through a meadow. In the background are trees and a fence.
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National Guardsmen During Milk Strike

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: National Guardsmen, who were sworn in as deputies, approach milk strikers through what appears to be a cloud of smoke.
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The Dells

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of The Dells. A group of people are standing on a rock formation on the right overlooking the river. On the left is a rocky shoreline, and in...
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The Dells

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view looking upriver at The Dells. Trees and plants are along the shoreline.
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Arrest at Gresham

Date: 01 27 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard arrest a group of Native Americans during the takeover of the Alexian Brother Novitiate near Gresham. The arrest wa...

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