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End of the Trail

Date: 1971
Description: A bronze statue of an American Indian man riding a horse. Words carved into the base of the stone pedestal read: "The gift of Clarence Addison Shaler."
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Recording Angel

Date: 1971
Description: A bronze statue of a female angel holding a large book in her lap is in front of a marble gravestone. Gravestones are in the background on the right.
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Dead Fish Along the Shoreline

Date: 1967
Description: View along shoreline with a large amount of dead alewives floating in the water near large rocks. A man and children are standing on a stone fishing dock o...
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Landfill Fire

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Description: View across garbage and waste around a pool of water towards a fire burning in a landfill. Trees are along a ridge in the far background.
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Dumping Grounds

Date: 1968
Description: Solid waste, some of it burned, scattered on the ground in a landfill next to a road along the left side. In the background are trees and a hill.
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Portage Hosiery

Date: 07 1966
Description: View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ...
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Strip Cropping

Date: 1973
Description: Aerial view of strip cropped farmland.
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Aerating Potter's Lake

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is standing behind a snow fence next to a surface aerator. Water is pouring down or up the machine, breaking the surface tension of the lake. Snow is...
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Dyeing Fingerlings for Later I.D.

Date: 1971
Description: A man is bending over and standing on a flat metal rail over a vat of water. The man is wearing a dust mask over his face, and is holding two screens dyed ...
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Taking Oxygen Samples

Date: 02 1977
Description: A man is kneeling on the ice and snow at Potter's Lake. He is running a machine that is testing the oxygen levels in the water, while recording the results...
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Test Seining on Kentuck Lake

Date: 1958
Description: View across water towards men, women, and children sitting in metal boats on a lake. They are watching five men standing waist deep in the lake holding up ...
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Rabbit Rock

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Description: Three young people are standing on Rabbit Rock, two of them in the foreground, and one on top of the taller peak. Highway 13 is below in the background.
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Rock Formation Near House on the Rock

Date: 1967
Description: View through trees towards a rock outcropping rises above the tree line.
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Warden Removing a Dead Deer

Date: 1968
Description: View from side of road towards a Wisconsin game warden removing a dead deer lying in the snow that had been struck by a vehicle from a rural highway. Behin...
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Brownstone Falls

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Description: View of Brownstone Falls on Bad River. Rock formations are on the left and right banks. Trees are along the top of the rock formations.
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Mable Lowe Weaving Baskets

Date: 1969
Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, Mable Davis (maiden name) Lowe is sitting and weaving a basket. Behind her is a dwelling (chipoteke). Several finished woven baskets are ...
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Octagon House

Date: 1970
Description: View across yard towards the Octagon House.
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Native American Basket Weaving

Date: 1967
Description: Mable and Martin Lowe sitting outdoors, with a dwelling (chipoteke) behind them. Mable is weaving a basket, while Martin is working on strips of wood for h...
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Stretching Hide

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Description: A woman in traditional Native American dress is using a wooden tool to stretch out a hide.
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Basket Weaving at Fort Dells

Date: 1967
Description: Sarah Snake (WhiteEagle) is sitting on a bench and showing a tourist how to weave a basket. Other visitors are standing around her to watch the demonstrati...

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