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Planting Trout

Date: 04 26 1936
Description: Planting trout in Waupaca County. Left to right on bank: S.A. LaVoilette, Joe Samz, Lloyd Pinkawski, Edwin Kargewski, W.M. Geiger, G. Moder, Billy LaVoilet...
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Sorting Logs

Date: 1900
Description: Log pond with two lumberjacks walking on the floating logs and sorting them in the Peshtigo River area.
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Riverboat With Lumberjacks

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Description: Five lumberjacks, one of whom is playing the fiddle, pose by a docked riverboat with a rowboat nearby.
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Passenger Ferry

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Description: A passenger ferry, possibly on the Arkansas river. Passengers include men, women, and horses.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: A front view of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Woodruff Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: Wisconsin Conservation Department fish hatchery near Woodruff.
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Second Point, Lake Mendota

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Description: An aerial view of second point on Lake Mendota.
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Aerial View of Picnic Point

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Description: An aerial view of Picnic Point.
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
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Mushu Island

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: View across water of Mushu Island in the distance. There is a ship in the foreground, an airplane above, and the appearance of explosions in the water.
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Lake View Through Trees

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Description: View through a wooded area toward the lake in Itasca State Park. A cabin stands near the shoreline.
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Bernegat Lighthouse

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Description: Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ...
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Ontonagon River

Date: 1900
Description: View from rocky shoreline across river towards a man standing on rocks and holding a stick in front of a rock face on the opposite shoreline. There are lar...
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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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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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Wisconsin Seal

Date: 1849
Description: Version of the Wisconsin Seal found in The American's Own Book, 1849. It depicts a plow and a bundle of wheat in the foreground, and a steamship on ...

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