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| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | A vigorous campaigner, Joseph R. McCarthy relaxes in front of a log cabin fireplace after his electoral campaign. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of trees along a fence in front of Boulder Lake. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View towards the Eagle River bridge. Caption reads: "Eagle River Bridge, Eagle River, Wis." |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from left side of road towards several buildings and a lake on the right. Down the road automobiles are parked outside of a building with a sign that ... |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Recently-elected Senator Joseph R. McCarthy tasting a favorite recipe for pheasant during vacation. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man feeds a bear in a large cage at the Gateway Inn. A group of people are gathered at the right side of the cage. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a sailboat in the moonlight. Text below reads: "Greetings From Boulder Junction, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Map shows hydrography and location of game fish in part of Vilas County, Wisconsin and Gogebic County, Michigan. |
| Date: | 11 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men, Mackie, Breuer, and Harrington, are standing in front of Laura Lake. The far shoreline is in the far background. Laura Lake was surveyed by the ... |
| Date: | 02 25 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with cross country skiers from Eagle River skiing on the Anvil Lake Ski Trail in the Nicolet National Forest. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A man on the left, leaning against a tree, appears to be addressing a large group of other men facing him. There is a large decaying tree stump in the fore... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Forestors W.A. Sylvester and William Bjorge posing with Executive Director M.N. Taylor next to a sign at the Trees for Tomorrow Conservation Camp. There is... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A man, likely a conservation warden, stands looking upward with his left hand resting on the trunk of a tree near the Star lake Ranger Station. The trees ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A young woman in a light-colored dress is standing behind a counter as an older man is writing in a notebook. He is holding a tourism brochure for Boulder ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A log house with a cobblestone foundation stands among pine trees in the Northern Highland State Forest. Horizontal logs comprise the lower portion of the ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A motor boat carrying three people is leaving a small wake in the calm waters of Crawling Stone Lake as it heads toward an island. There is a worn wooden p... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view across water towards two waterfront cottages, shaded by birch and other trees. There is a wooden canoe pulled up to the shore on... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of young men and boys paddling canoes toward the shore of Boulder Lake. A canoe on the left bears the YMCA insignia. Other yout... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake. |
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