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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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Winter scene of trees on a snowy hill along University Drive. There is a building at the top of the hill obscured by trees. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Sauk City. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Two forest rangers are posing on horseback. Handwritten on front: "Forest Rangers at Trout Lake Station." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Field of shocked hemp with stock pile, and the J. Leroy Farmer Hemp Mill in the background. |
| Date: | 05 26 1963 |
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| Description: | The edge of a mixed cedar forest with aspen tree. |
| 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: | Man in a Smokey The Bear costume poses behind a school desk with a boy and a girl. |
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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. |
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| Description: | Costumed people pose on a decorated Forest Service parade vehicle. |
| Date: | 06 05 1989 |
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| Description: | People costumed as Smokey The Bear and Woodsy Owl play outdoors with children as a forest service worker looks on. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Mixed group, mostly children, having a picnic in the woods, perhaps connected with the dedication of the East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | This house, built on a hill close to the Milwaukee River, was the only one in the city as late as 1840. The owner of the house, Martin [Matthias] Stein, a ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Ranzer's prosperous farm was hewn out of the forest rather than the prairie. This was "of course more difficult" and needed hired help to fell and burn the... |
| 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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