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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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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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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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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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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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St. Joseph's Hospital at Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Date: 1936
Description: View from street towards the St. Joseph's Hospital. In the center is a two level open porch, with two people on the second level. A 1930s automobile is par...
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Gas Powered Shovel Clearing Snow

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with a gas powered shovel being used to move snow from a snow-covered road. A man is standing in the road to the right, watching. The shovel i...
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Lake Nancy Dam

Date: 1936
Description: Two groups of men are standing on a temporary wooden bridge over the Totogatic River. There is a large form in place on the left and a complete concrete wi...
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Overlook

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd has gathered on a hilltop overlooking a large flat expanse which has been cleared of trees. A man is standing slightly downhill from the group and ...
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Man Sitting on Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 1936
Description: Raymond (Ray) Griesemer is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is wearing a jacket, dark pants and boots. In the background is a field with grass...

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