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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...
Photograph

WPA Bridge

Date: 06 01 1936
Description: Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control.
Photograph

Picnic Point from Farms

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

Interstate State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of a canoe on the St. Croix River with wooded areas on both sides within the Interstate State Park. Established in 1900, Interstate Park was...
Book or Pamphlet

Playground of Wisconsin's Northwoods Pamphlet

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of a Wisconsin tourism pamphlet for the 1932 season.
Photograph

Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: A view looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
Photograph

Trees Reflected in Water

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Description: Trees reflected in stream.
Photograph

Footbridge over Stream

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Description: Rustic log footbridge over a creek in the woods.
Photograph

West Virginia Shoreline

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

Men with D-30 Truck near Shoreline

Date: 06 23 1937
Description: A man in an International D-30 truck used by the Township of Monck is parked in front of a wooded area and body of water. He is talking to a man standing n...
Photograph

Field and Trees Surrounding Demien Lake

Date: 
Description: A grassy field and trees near Demien Lake, part of the "greenbelt."
Photograph

Beach at Copper Falls State Park

Date: 07 1940
Description: The bathing beach and bath house at Copper Falls State Park. Two swimmers are sitting and standing on a dock with a platform.
Photograph

Bad River Gorge

Date: 
Description: View up the Bad River Gorge below Copper Falls at Copper Falls State Park.
Photograph

Rustic Stairways Leading to Bad River

Date: 1940
Description: Two rustic stairways leading down to the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. At the bottom of the stairs is a sign telling the geological story of Copper...
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 09 1937
Description: Elevated view of Copper Falls at Copper Falls State Park.
Photograph

Rapids above Tyler Falls

Date: 09 1937
Description: View upriver of the rapids above Tyler Falls at Copper Falls State Park. In the distance you can see a bridge across the river.
Photograph

Swimming at the Bad River

Date: 07 1940
Description: Two boys and two girls swimming at the Bad River at Copper Falls State Park. One of the girls is diving off the dock that also has a platform. In the backg...
Photograph

Backwater of the Wolf River

Date: 09 17 1961
Description: View down hill towards backwater area of the Wolf River, near it's source, surrounded by thick woods. Crop marks indicated by photographer.
Photograph

Small Lake

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: View down steep hill towards a small lake in a tree-lined valley.
Photograph

Beaver Dam on Big Moose Lake

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Description: Three men stand on a beaver dam on Big Moose Lake. The lake and surrounding treeline fill the background.

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