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| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | The fertillity of the soil in America and Canada, especially in Wisconsin, was the attraction for most European immigrants. The vast amount of land and the... |
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| Description: | Forest area that once furnished employment for settlers, but through lack of reforestation was considered almost worthless at the time this image was creat... |
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| Description: | Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A forest from the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a wide path through trees in the spring or summer. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the falls. There are three men at the top of the falls. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View from the east bluff of lake with a motorboat. A geologic pinnacle juts out from the lower left of the image. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on footbridge in a forested area in Durwards Glen. |
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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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| 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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| Description: | View of the mill and the dam, and the river. The area around the mill is heavily forested. Caption reads: "Dells Paper Mill and Dam, Eau Claire, Wis." |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a dirt road through the woods with added white highlights. A horse-drawn wagon with two passengers moves down the road in the distance, ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of buildings in an industrial area with a forest in the background. |
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| Description: | A field of tree stumps beginning to be overgrown with vegetation. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of American Baptist Assembly Grounds from Judson Tower. Below near the tree-covered shoreline are buildings, a recreation area, and a harbor ... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Personnel on the mortar fire mission move toward the site in New Man's Land from which they'll fire. Laos. |
| Date: | 06 1862 |
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| Description: | First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga... |
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