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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Jack Vilas (seated) in the Curtiss hydroplane he used to spot forest fires for the Wisconsin Conservation Department. (His companion is not identified.) Th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Loading an airplane with calcium arsenate in order to spray for the hemlock looper pest in Peninsula State Park. This is believed to be the first such use ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | This map includes a red overprint on base map and shows the supervisors and district numbers of St. Croix County. Includes diagrams of civil towns, townsh... |
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| Description: | A person is standing in the middle of a field covered with downed tree branches holding a red balloon to guide the airplane flying towards him. The plane i... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the... |
| Date: | 06 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Sauk County Deputy Melvin Albers points out the direction that the light plane took as it crashed through a forest near Baraboo, taking the lives of Louis ... |
| Date: | 06 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Area residents check the wreckage of the plane near LaRue, about 15 miles west of Baraboo. Mrs. Ed Meyer (standing between the two trees with folded hands)... |
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