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Nicolet National Forest

Date: 01 01 1934
Description: Man in uniform leaning up against the base of a large tree.
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World's Largest White Pine Tree

Date: 1952
Description: The largest white pine tree standing in America, with several people posing beneath it. Its estimated age is 350-years-old.
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Potowatomi Playing Moccasin

Date: 1921
Description: Postcard depicting a group of Potawatomi men at Stone Lake playing the game of moccasin. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared ...
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Steam Hauler with Log Sleighs

Date: 01 06 1918
Description: Lumber crew posed with a steam hauler and several sleds loaded with logs. The foreman's sleigh pulled by a horse is in the foreground. Possibly foreman, Mi...
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W.H. Rogers Lumber Co. Camp

Date: 1900
Description: Lumber camp group, W.H. Rogers Lumber Co., near Nashville.
Postcard

The Result of a Boiler Explosion

Date: 03 17 1908
Description: Photographic postcard showing the results of a boiler explosion at the Kempf Planing Mill. Written on the left is text that reads: "Kempf Planing Mill, 3 K...
Postcard

C.W. Begg's Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C...
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General MacArthur White Pine

Date: 1946
Description: A group of men and women posing at the base of an enormous white pine, named to honor the famous general. Several people are posing at the base of the tree...
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Collecting Maple Sap

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: A youth, dressed in red hat and sweatshirt, plaid pants, and brown work boots, is pouring maple sap from a bag into a metal bucket. In the background a man...
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Maple Syrup Storage Tank

Date: 04 09 1971
Description: A man is sitting on a large metal cylinder storage tank while piping maple sap from a metal trough on a wagon into the tank. Sap bags are on trees in the b...
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Potato Harvest

Date: 1950
Description: A man is harvesting potatoes using a John Deere tractor and a John Deere single row potato harvester.

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