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| Description: | Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with four men walking on snowshoes through a forest. |
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| Description: | Three men are sitting at the base of a large tree at Flambeau State Forest. |
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| Description: | Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back. |
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| Description: | Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau. |
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| Description: | View of a forest fire taken from an adjoining field. A fence separates the field from the burning trees. |
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| Description: | View down dirt road through cut-over and burned-over terrain. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Copper Falls on the Bad River. Four people, one man and three women, are posing on rocks at the top of the falls. Surrounding burned-over ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Small group of women with a leader in wooded area on a trail engaged in nature study. |
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| Description: | Back of card reads: "One of the Everglade appearing sloughs running along for miles parallel with the Lake Michigan shore — This view seen from the park ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin state official historical marker titled 'Forest Restoration, The Beginning.' The text reads: "This place on Trout Lake was selected by E.M. G... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing in a row in front of a sign marking the 25th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Forestry Camp. They are each holding an Eagle Scout trophy... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A smiling Neal Harrington is handing a box to another man. There are other people in the background and flanking Neal. They are in a state forest or park w... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of C.L. (Neal) Harrington taken by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. C.L. Harrington was the Wisconsin State Forester. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ... |
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