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Two Leader Tree

Date: 1980
Description: A tall white pine standing along Lowe's Creek south of Eau Claire. The top of the main trunk has been broken off and a secondary leader has grown from a ho...
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The Scary Oak

Date: 1980
Description: A close-up view of the gnarled trunk of a large bur oak located in Kettle Moraine State Park. The trunk is distorted by scars and burls.
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Bald Eagle

Date: 1935
Description: An adult bald eagle roosting on a branch near its nest in a mature pine tree in Peninsula State Park.
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Norway Pine Forest

Date: 1942
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 ...
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Rock River Valley

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Description: Elevated view of several industrial buildings near water, and in the background are fences on a slope, and at the top of the hill are buildings and what ma...
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Parnell Esker

Date: 1939
Description: An elevated view of a sharp curve of an esker in the Northern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest.
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Man Fishing

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Description: A man is fishing while standing on a large, flat rock in a river. In the background along the shoreline are rocks and trees.
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Girl in Coat and Hat

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Description: A girl is standing on a sidewalk, gazing to the left. She is wearing a coat, hat, stockings and shoes with bows. She is carrying a flowered cloth drawstrin...
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Piggyback Ride

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Description: A man is carrying a girl piggyback outdoors while smoking a cigarette. They are standing on a lawn with trees in the background. She is wearing a dress, co...
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of wooded bluffs lining the shoreline of a narrow part of Mirror Lake in this view taken from Ferndale Cliff.
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Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
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Trout Fishing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Elevated view of a man wearing a plaid shirt, waders, and a hat with flies tucked in the band casting into a stream. The caption on the negative envelope r...
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Peninsula State Park

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Description: View of Green Bay through the trees from Peninsula State Park.

Stamped on reverse: "From Good Roads Association of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin."

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Winter Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Caption from calendar reads: "Evergreens and drifted snow form a Christmas picture on the University campus."
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Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.
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Oneida Woman

Date: 1909
Description: Portrait of a woman, who is wearing a dress and a kerchief knotted around her hair. She is holding some cloth over her arm, and an unidentified object in h...
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Frozen Ice Fall on Bluff

Date: 1907
Description: View down snowy road along a bluff with frozen ice falls on the rock faces. Two signs are painted on the bluff. One reads: "Painting and Paper Hanging, R. ...
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Silo Under Construction

Date: 1907
Description: View of a silo. A man with a horse is standing at the base of the silo on the left, and a man is standing near a wagon on the right. At the top of the silo...
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Women Posed Reading Letter

Date: 1907
Description: Two women are posing together in a yard front of plants and vines building on the side of a building. The woman on the left is standing and holding a lette...

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