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River from Fort Snelling

Date: 10 1852
Description: Landscape view of the river looking downstream from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory. An expanse of placid river water fills the center of the drawing an...
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Flambeau State 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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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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Mixed Cedar Forest

Date: 05 26 1963
Description: The edge of a mixed cedar forest with aspen tree.
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Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.
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Devil's Lake and the Baraboo Bluffs

Date: 1948
Description: View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image.
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Mt. Simon Over the Chippewa

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Description: Elevated view of the "mount" and the wide river before it and behind it. Houses and smokestacks can be seen in the far distance.
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Homestead on the Chippewa

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Description: Elevated view of a bow in the river, and a homestead on the shore, with a two-story house and a barn. Two wagons are close to the barn in the lower left co...
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Forest County

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Description: Panoramic view of Forest County.
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Carter's Siding

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Description: Carter's Siding, a small railroad depot in "cutover" country, showing strong evidence of why formerly forested regions of northern Wisconsin were so named.
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Group on Rock Formation

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Description: Three women and a man pose at the top of a rock formation overlooking the flat fields and forest below. The three women are sitting while the man stands w...
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West Virginia Shoreline

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of the West Virginia shoreline.
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Mount Adams

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Description: View across water toward Mount Adams, with its snow-capped peak reflected in a lake below. Caption reads: "Mount Adams."
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View of Mount Persis

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Description: A view of Mount Persis, part of the Cascade Range in Washington. Railroad tracks are running along a low and rocky river, and along the tracks runs a dirt ...
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Elevated View of Fort Seward

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Description: Elevated view of Fort Seward from Mount Rippinsky, showing Pyramid Harbor and Davidson Glacier in distance. Caption reads: "Haines and Fort Wm. H. Seward f...
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Elevated View of Shaker Settlement

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Description: Elevated view of the Shaker community, which was organized in 1794, showing numerous houses, a windmill, and a vast expanse of the surrounding wooded area.
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Elevated View of Greenback Mining Company

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Description: Elevated view of Greenback Mining Company, located in a valley and surrounded by pine trees. There are mining buildings, a large house, and a man driving a...
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Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
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Black River

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Description: Elevated view of the Black River at low water, showing exposed stocks and wing dams with waterfront buildings and forested hills in the background. Caption...
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Log Cabin on Flathead River

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Description: Oval cutaway of a view of a log cabin built on the banks of the Flathead river. The cabin is surrounded by stumps and the view includes the river and exten...

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