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Rural Electrification Historic Marker

Date: 08 02 1967
Description: Mrs. A.V. Miller and James R. Sullivan unveiling the Rural Electrification historical marker together at the dedication ceremony outside of Richland Center...
Photograph

Nation's First Watershed Project Historic Marker

Date: 07 19 1955
Description: The Nation's First Watershed Project historical marker commemorates the large-scale soil and water conservation project that began in Coon Creek in 1933. S...
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Historic Sites Committee

Date: 06 1960
Description: Historic Sites Committee, State Historical Society Annual Meeting. Members featured from left to right include: Carl Guell, State Aeronautics Commission, T...
Photograph

Doris Oiyotte Emery

Date: 1974
Description: Doris Emery addressing the Tribal Council. She spent many years in Tribal Politics and held various positions; Councilperson (12 years), First Tribal Judge...
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Alien Head-Tax Receipt

Date: 05 03 1926
Description: Border crossing papers issues by the U.S. Department of Labor for Jovita Prado who was going from Mexico to Milwaukee.
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Elizabeth Yerxa

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Elizabeth Yerxa. She was a passionate defender of social welfare programs, especially related to children, and was the director ...
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Air Monitoring Laboratory Van

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Description: View across street through chain-link fence towards a van labeled: "Department of Natural Resources Air Monitoring Laboratory." Behind the van and across a...
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DNR in the Field

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Description: Four men of the Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources are wearing hard hats and standing next to a truck as they look over papers. The Wisconsin DNR ...
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Deer Check Station

Date: 11 1976
Description: At a Department of Natural Resources deer check station, a man is inspecting a buck tied to the top of a trailer. The other man is standing by the truck wa...
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Government Truck

Date: 02 21 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a government truck. The sign painted on the door reads: "Bureau of Fire, Alarm, and Telegraph, F.D.N.Y."
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Public Service Commission Meeting

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Public Service Commission members are sitting around a long table before papers, taking up a proposal for a rate increase for the Madison Bus Company. A fe...
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Smokey Bear

Date: 1944
Description: A figure of Smokey Bear is posed standing with a paw resting on a sign advertising the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Behind him is a sign with his mot...
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Launch of "This is Wisconsin" Booklet-State Map Surrounded by Wisconsin Grown Foods

Date: 03 29 1954
Description: Food from every food-producing county in the state and seventy-one candles - one for each county - frames a 25-foot long map of Wisconsin at the preview ev...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: City Clerk A.W. Barels (left), City Attorney Harold Hanson, and Alderman Norman Moll are shown singing at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's picnic.
Map or Atlas

Wellfleet Harbor Map

Date: 1853
Description: A map of Wellfleet Harbor on Cape Cod Bay.
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Governor Vernon W. Thomson Named Honorary Chariman

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson (right) is presented with a certificate naming him honorary chairman of the Wisconsin Savings Bond Division of the U.S...
Postcard

Bureau of Fisheries

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Description: View across water towards willow trees along a shoreline. There is a culvert on the left, and a culvert in another pond in the background on the right.
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Tax Commission Halloween Party

Date: 10 27 1915
Description: A group of men are posing standing behind two rows of women sitting. The men are all wearing suits, and the women are wearing a variety of outfits. One wom...
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Paint Blast at Pyramid Motors

Date: 09 29 1957
Description: Coroner Michael Malloy standing inside the blast-damaged Pyramid Motors garage at 434 West Gilman street and pointing at a paint can and hot plate that cau...
Postcard

State Forestry Buildings at Rest Lake

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Description: View towards a group of buildings across a road, housing state forestry offices, stables and storage. A watchtower is on a hill. Caption reads: "State Fore...

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