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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1936
Description: View from the east of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Philip La Follette speaking in Wausau

Date: 1936
Description: Governor Philip La Follette speaking to the crowd at a Progressive Party picnic in Wausau, Wisconsin.
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Grand Army Home

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of Bryant Hall at the Grand Army Home for Veterans.
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Indian Burial Ground

Date: 1936
Description: The Indian burial grounds in La Pointe.
Postcard

Porch at Warner's Resort

Date: 1936
Description: View along the porch at Warner's Resort. The porch roof is supported by large rustic tree trunks or branches. Caption reads: "The Porch at Warner's Resort,...
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S.C. Johnson Building

Date: 1936
Description: The S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Company building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1936.
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Vanderpool Farmhouse

Date: 1936
Description: Exterior view of the Vanderpool farmhouse.
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Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate

Date: 1936
Description: An outdoor portrait of the Technical Service Team at Camp Interstate. From left to right are Kunsman, Hollister, Podolske, Preston, Greaves, Hurd, Solberg,...
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Bison Jaw in the Peat Pit

Date: 1936
Description: The jaw bone of Bison Occidentalis in the peat pit at Interstate Park.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1936
Description: Ruins of old Fort Crawford.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, with hills in the background.
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The Plow Inn During Winter

Date: 1936
Description: A winter view of the Plow (Plough) Inn, sometime before 1936.
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Old North Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street with storage buildings at Old North Wharf.
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Dock with Fishing Boat and Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View of a fishing boat, 'Stella,' near a dock and wharf. The city's shoreline restaurants can be seen in the background.
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Handpicking Cranberries

Date: 1936
Description: A large crew in a sectioned field harvests cranberries by hand from a Wisconsin cranberry bog. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Hand Picking Cranberries

Date: 1936
Description: A large crew works in a sectioned field of cranberries in order to hand pick the harvest from a Wisconsin bog.
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Terraced Drainage

Date: 1936
Description: A level pasture terrace showing water in the channel. These terraces, largely experimental, are built on the level, drainage being provided for by means of...
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The Coulee Region

Date: 1936
Description: View down hill towards valley of farming country in the “Coulee Region.”
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Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
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Camp Petenwell Labor Battalion

Date: 1936
Description: A group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men working in a field. On a rough road are three trucks. Two of the trucks have large groups of men in them. ...

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