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Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area Inspection

Date: 06 1957
Description: Members of the Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas inspect the Scuppernong Prairie Scientific Area. The Board furnished this photograph for the ...
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Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil

Date: 1986
Description: Nuclear Missile Silo Vigil & Requiem. Hundreds of people surround the fence, holding hands, in opposition to the new MX missiles being installed, missiles ...
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Team of Oxen in Front of Sod Shanty

Date: 1885
Description: Team of oxen in front of a sod shanty on the Dakota plains. Two men stand behind the team on the right. The animals are hitched to a plow.
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Commander Russell and Staff at Dept. Reunion — Camp Logan at Omaha

Date: 09 1887
Description: Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper...
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A Prairie Farm

Date: 1886
Description: View across field towards a farm, with farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and fences. The photograph appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Le...
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Prairie Near Montfort

Date: 06 30 1955
Description: From caption: "Prairie two miles north of Montfort Wis on the Iowa-Grant County line trunk highway I view to the east from the road. Photo by Robert Hall 1...
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Civilian Conservation Corps 2670th Company Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp...
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Wisconsin River Bluffs from Highway 80, West of Avoca

Date: 03 1953
Description: View across a prairie toward wooded hills. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Valley. Bluffs as seen from Highway 80 west of Avoca, Wis."
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Green Lake

Date: 06 1952
Description: View across a prairie. Groves of trees, a herd of cattle, and a lake are in the distance.
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Spring Green-Plain Road

Date: 06 1950
Description: View across a gently sloping prairie field. Trees are in the distance, and power lines and a road are on the left. The Highway Commission descriptive remar...
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Cha-Cha-Cha

Date: 1961
Description: A Prairie Chicken performing his Booming Dance.
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Castle Rock, Camp Douglas

Date: 1950
Description: Castle Rock, surrounded by trees and a meadow. The geological feature is near Volk Field Air National Guard Base.

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