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Painting

Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1960

Date: 1960
Description: Cover for the 1960 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted are some vibrant purple flowers, with a lake in the background. The Wisconsi...
Photograph

Fox River

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking down at the Fox River. On the left is a dam, and on the opposite shoreline is a factory.
Postcard

Aerial View of Superior

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view with docks in the foreground. Caption reads: "Superior, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Interstate Highway Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Excavation for bridge column footings for the Mirror Lake Bridge.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
Photograph

"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
Photograph

"John Muir Lake"

Date: 1960
Description: View of Ennis Lake, also known as Fountain Lake, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. As a boy, John Muir lived with his family on the sho...
Photograph

Villa Louis

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of Villa Louis on the Mississippi River, and adjacent buildings.
Postcard

Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
Photograph

Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the 180-foot high Eagle Bluff. The bluff received its name from the eagles which formerly nested there.
Photograph

Locomotive and Steamboats at Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: S-1 freight meets circus train at the Dells Minirama. DBC, Steamboat Winnebago, powerhouse.
Photograph

Dells Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: Steamboat Hiawatha meeting circus train at the Dells minirama (miniature model), bridge, DBC steamboat and launch.
Photograph

Boathouse from Lake

Date: 1960
Description: Wet boathouse that belonged to Don Walkins, on Catfish Lake. A woman stands on a pier near a boat.
Photograph

Freight Train Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: A Wisconsin Dells minirama miniature model showing a short train with a Prairie-type locomotive on the bridge over the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Circus Train Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: Wisconsin Dells Minirama (miniature model) featuring a circus train on a bridge.
Photograph

Net Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: Two fishermen gather their net full of fish.
Photograph

Net Fishing

Date: 1960
Description: A group of men on a shoreline pulling a fish net from a lake. Several other men watch nearby. Two men use cameras to record the event.
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o'Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This mid-20th century tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads,...
Photograph

Rocky Glen Road View

Date: 1960
Description: View of landscape at the top of Rocky Glen Road, looking over flooded fields at sunrise.
Map or Atlas

Assessor's Plat of the City of Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows a plat of the city, wards, lots, local streets, roads, railroads, buildings, parks, and part of Fox River. The map includes tables for plat ...

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