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World's Largest White Pine Tree

Date: 1952
Description: The largest white pine tree standing in America, with several people posing beneath it. Its estimated age is 350-years-old.
Photograph

Robert A. Taft

Date: 1952
Description: Robert A. Taft outdoors shaking hands in a crowd after giving a speech in the Municipal Building during his campaign. He was ultimately unsuccessful in his...
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Lewis Arms and John Berry

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms leans against a car with his arm around his family friend and neighbor John Berry, who he called "Pa Berry".
Photograph

Lewis Arms and Nedra

Date: 1952
Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Marine Corps uniform, poses outdoors with his sister Nedra.
Photograph

Parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street, Looking East

Date: 1952
Description: Street view of a parade on College Avenue at Walnut Street. Crowds and cars line both sides of the street, looking on as bands, cars, and floats pass by. L...
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Raccoon Hunting

Date: 1952
Description: "Fred Zastrow and his dog Ranger prepare for an evening of coon hunting."
Book or Pamphlet

Man Sampling Malt for Testing

Date: 1952
Description: A worker samples finished malt at the Rahr Malting Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, circa 1950. He is using a hand-held sampling probe, a tube with multiple...
Photograph

Turkey Dinner

Date: 1952
Description: A small girl and a turkey posing in front of a rafter (flock) of turkeys. She is wearing a snowsuit, mittens, and a plaid hat with a pompom. She is holding...
Photograph

Ice Fishing

Date: 1952
Description: Aerial view of ice fishermen on the ice next to a lake. Their paths and footprints make an interesting pattern in the snow.
Photograph

Daily Limit

Date: 1952
Description: Two unidentified hunters with recently killed Ruffed Grouse in the St. Croix River area.
Postcard

Hardscrabble Ski Area

Date: 1952
Description: Text on front reads: "Hardscrabble Ski Area...Rice Lake, Wis." Text on reverse, "Hardscrabble, Inc. Rice Lake, Wis. The Cadillac of ski areas . . . ask the...
Photograph

Esther Van Wagoner Tufty in Korea

Date: 1952
Description: Text on back of photograph reads: "Esther Van Wagoner Tufty interviewing four members of a congressional delegation fact-finding mission during Korean War ...

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