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Burned Down Cottage

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Description: Scorched metal, ash, a foundation, and a brick chimney are all that remain of a cottage after a fire. Bare trees surround the ruins of the cottage.
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Fire Break

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Description: One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl...
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Father and Daughter after a Forest Fire

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Description: A man (Mr. Carlsen) is standing next to his daughter (Lisa). He is bending over and pointing to a small green plant growing out of the scorched ground afte...
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Father Showing Daughter a Plant

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Description: A father (Mr. Carlsen) and his daughter (Lisa) are kneeling on the scorched ground next to a burned tree trunk. They are touching and looking at a small gr...
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Emergency Forest Fire Regulations

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Description: A man is nailing a sign posting the emergency forest fire regulations to a wood post. He is wearing a Department of Natural Resources uniform, including tw...
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Flood in Trout Strem

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Description: View from shoreline looking through fences towards a man standing in knee-deep water holding a net and scooping water into a bucket. Patches of land and tr...
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Storm Damage Cleanup

Date: 03 1978
Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a man standing on a log. The trees around him are either broken or bent over towards the right, the result of a sto...
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Wind Erosion

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Description: View of a dirt field showing signs of wind erosion. Farm buildings, a fence and fields are in the distance.
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Experimental Solar Home

Date: 10 1978
Description: View of a home with solar panels on the roof.
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Wind and Electric Power

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Description: View across field towards a windmill standing next to a tall electric utility pole on a field.
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Stacked Firewood

Date: 10 1978
Description: A stack of firewood, covered at the top with plastic, is against the exterior wall of a small wood building. In the background is a tree with red leaves in...
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Madison Gas & Electric at Sunrise

Date: 01 1977
Description: Silhouetted view of the smokestacks, buildings, and parking lot of Madison Gas & Electric at sunrise. Smoke is rising out of the smokestacks, and cars are ...
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Smokestacks

Date: 01 1977
Description: View looking up towards three of the main smokestacks at Madison Gas & Electric.
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Madison Gas & Electric

Date: 01 1977
Description: View across railroad tracks towards smoke rising from the buildings and smokestacks of Madison Gas & Electric. Snow is on the ground.
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Boom Shocking

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Description: Slightly elevated view of three men in a boat designed to shock fish with an electrical current. One man is driving the boat, while two other men are stand...
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Sturgeon

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Description: Two men are helping to hold down a sturgeon on the side of a boat as a third man tags the dorsal fin.
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Wild Rose Hatchery

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Description: A man is kneeling while observing the line of hatching jars used to incubate fish eggs.
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...
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Collecting Northern Pike Spawn

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Description: Close-up view of two men collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other man is sitting in a c...
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Aerial Seeding

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Description: A person is standing in the middle of a field covered with downed tree branches holding a red balloon to guide the airplane flying towards him. The plane i...

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