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| Description: | Several men fighting a small forest fire. One man has a water pack on his back. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Poster design of Clarke-McNary Forest Protection Program depicting Smokey Bear pouring water on a campfire. |
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| Description: | Poster design from the Forest Protection Program depicting squirrels with the text: "Another Enemy To Conquer-Forest Fires-9 Out Of 10 Can BE Prevented". |
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| Description: | Poster design from the Forest Protection Program depicting squirrels and text: "Another Enemy To Conquer-Forest Fires-Nine Out Of Ten Can Be Prevented". |
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| Description: | Forest rangers look over charred ruins of timber in a forest where "Smokey," a black bear cub was found suffering from third degree burns. |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland. |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | The maple and hickory forests in the old northwest were often plagued with fires during the summer months. Hölzlhuber, on a return journey from Niagara Fal... |
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| Description: | Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| 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. |
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| Description: | View of a forest fire taken from an adjoining field. A fence separates the field from the burning trees. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight. The marker text reads: "FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti... |
| Date: | 03 29 1951 |
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| Description: | Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit... |
| Date: | 03 1978 |
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| Description: | View across snow-covered ground towards a man standing on a log. The trees around him are either broken or bent over towards the right, the result of a sto... |
| Date: | 03 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. |
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