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Evergreen Trees

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Description: Elevated view of a variety of evergreen trees in a nursery, including White, Norway, Scotch and Jack pines, and White and Norway spruce near Trout Lake.
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Forest Nursery

Date: 1951
Description: Aerial view of the Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company nursery.
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Nicolet National Forest

Date: 01 01 1934
Description: Man in uniform leaning up against the base of a large tree.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City, Wis.

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Sauk City.
Photograph

J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill

Date: 1943
Description: Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background.
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Picnic Point from Farms

Date: 03 24 1913
Description: Picnic Point from the University Farm fields, now known as Observatory Hill.
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Iowa and Wisconsin Beekeepers

Date: 05 19 1914
Description: A group portrait of Iowa and Wisconsin beekeepers in the woods with houses in the background.
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A.J. Root Apiary

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Description: A.J. Root apiary in the winter.
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Loading Big Log

Date: 1936
Description: Loading a large white pine log cut on the Menominee Indian Reservation onto a truck. The log was hauled to the Wisconsin State Fair for a display about the...
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Blister Rust Exhibit

Date: 08 1934
Description: Building at the Tri-State Fair, outside of which a white pine tree dying from white pine blister rust is displayed.
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International TD-40 Logging Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A pushes a large log with an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "TD-40 working at logging operations in Australia."
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Logging T-20 TracTracTor

Date: 03 24 1938
Description: Two men use an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to log in a forest.
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Logging with International Equipment

Date: 1938
Description: A man uses an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and PD-40 owned by Andrew Hedstrom to log, saw, and finish work on the Gun Flint Trail. The ...
Photograph

Power Unit at Lumber Site

Date: 1938
Description: A man sits on a metal barrel near an International I-30 tractor modified into a P-30 power unit. The power unit was used with a Skagil hoist at a lumber si...
Photograph

Elevated View of Town on the Delaware River

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Description: Elevated view of country town showing large. There are wooden buildings alongside the Delaware River which curves through fields and patches of woods in th...
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The Old Wind Mill

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Description: View toward the Old Wind Mill in a field, with a forest in the background. Caption reads: "The Old Wind Mill, East Brewster, Mass."
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Men Sawing Wood

Date: 1926
Description: Three men use circular saws to cut wood in a forest. The tractor on the right appears to be providing belt-driven power to the saws.
Drawing

Courthouse and Mountains

Date: 1852
Description: Landscape featuring a rural city center with a prominent courthouse surrounded by fields and woods. Rolling erosion-softened mountains rise in the backgro...
Drawing

Farm and Trees

Date: 1852
Description: Rural landscape with farm buildings seen from across a field and framed by trees.
Photograph

Reforestation with 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Men use a McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor and a "reforestation machine" as they plant trees for timber production.

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