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Menominee Women's Crew

Date: 1943
Description: Ribes eradication crew of Indian women on the Menominee Reservation pose together in a line.
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Native American Blister Rust Crew

Date: 1933
Description: One of the Native American crews hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation. Joe Larock was identifie...
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Blister Rust Eradication Crew

Date: 1933
Description: Native Americans hired to assist with the White Pine Blister Rust eradication effort on the Menominee Reservation are being trucked to their work site.
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Native American Blister Rust Crew

Date: 1933
Description: Three men working near a tree. During 1933 Menominee Indians protected over 4000 acres of white pines from the blister rust threat.
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White Pine Blister Rust Eradication Crew

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Description: Six-man crew at Camp Mercer looking for ribes (gooseberries), a stage essential for the transmission of blister rust to white pines, working in a marsh are...
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Planting Seedlings

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Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
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CCC Youth Crew

Date: 1938
Description: A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w...
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Planting White Pine Seedlings

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Description: Group of men and boys planting white pine seedlings.
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Gaylord Nelson and Green Thumb Work Crew

Date: 1965
Description: Gaylord Nelson, squatting, and holding a freshly planted tree. He is surrounded by a Burlington County, New Jersey work crew employed in conservation work ...
Postcard

Forest Protection Lookout Tower

Date: 1913
Description: View towards tower, with a man standing on the platform on the top. This postcard has a handwritten notation on the back: "One of the first forest protecti...
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Forest Rangers on the Porch of a Small House

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Description: Four men are lounging on the porch of a small house in the middle of a cleared forest plot. Two of the men are holding dogs. To the right of the house is t...
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Group Portrait of the Association of State Foresters

Date: 10 28 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the state foresters at a meeting of the National Association of State Foresters in Wisconsin, October 28-30th.
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Fire Fighting Crew

Date: 1912
Description: A wagon load of fire fighters is setting out or returning from the forest. The wagon has wooden wheels and is pulled by two horses. Only one of the men has...
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A Man Holding Snowshoes

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Description: A man is standing and holding a pair of snowshoes outdoors. Trees are in the background. Caption reads: "Dad."
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Woman Standing Outdoors Holding Snowshoes

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Description: Caption reads: "Mother." The woman is standing outdoors in the snow wearing a coat, hat and scarf.
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Child with Fawn

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Description: Caption in album reads: "Aren't we cunning?" A child wearing a headband is sitting near a fawn outdoors.
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Woman in front of Lodge

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Description: A woman wearing a long coat and hat, and holding a handbag is standing in front of a lodge.
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Man in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: A man wearing a coat, necktie and cap is standing at the top of wood and slab stone steps with rustic railing at an entrance to the lodge at Trout Lake. A ...
Postcard

Group Portrait of Four Men

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Description: Group portrait of men standing at the base of what may be a forest protection lookout tower.
Postcard

Men Working on Building Forest Protection Lookout Tower

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Description: Men are working up in the tower during construction. One man is standing mid-height on a ladder that runs the length of the tower on the right side. There ...

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