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Photograph

Man Sitting in a Chair in the Water Fishing

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Description: View across water towards a man wearing a hat and hip waders sitting on a wooden chair partially submerged in the water. He is holding a fishing pole. A ma...
Postcard

Scene at Chetek, Wis.

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Description: View from shore towards a bridge crossing a river. Three boys are standing in the marshy foreground, and one of them has a fishing pole. A horse and buggy ...
Photograph

Reclaimed Marsh Land on a University of Wisconsin Farm

Date: 06 30 1895
Description: A man is standing in the right foreground near a tall plant, perhaps corn. In the center is a square-shaped pond with high banks. A man is in the backgroun...
Photograph

Landscape with Hills and Mound Near Lake

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Description: Elevated view from a hill of a lake or river surrounded by fields and hills. The water is either marshy, or has been flooded, as trees and plants are growi...
Photograph

Painting of a Man Hunting in Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Photograph of a framed watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Map or Atlas

Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali: II. Foliis Comprehensum

Date: 1755
Description: This map shows the eastern half of North America during the French and Indian war, including cities, borders, Native American Land, forts, and detailed geo...
Map or Atlas

Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniæ, Ludovicianæ, N. Angliæ, Carolinæ, Virginiæ, Pensylvaniæ, Necnon Insvlarvm Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Date: 1770
Description: Map of North America from the Great Lakes to the northern portion of South America. It shows cities, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lakes, rivers...
Map or Atlas

Canada ou Nouvelle France: Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Mess'rs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, etc.: Augmenteés de Nouveau

Date: 1740
Description: Map including the regions and cities of the northern half of North America. Native American land, rivers, lakes, mountains are labeled. Mountains, marshes,...
Map or Atlas

A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi

Date: 1720
Description: Map of North America from from the Rio Grande to the Atlantic Ocean, showing boundaries, the colonies, cities, settlements, mines, forts, Native American l...
Map or Atlas

A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia Containing the Whole Province of Maryland: With Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina

Date: 1755
Description: Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It shows borders, boundary lines, some Native American land, counties, cities, towns...
Painting

Man Hunting at Cherokee Marsh

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Description: Watercolor painting of a hunter walking in tall grass among trees by the Johnson duck shack at old Cherokee Marsh.
Map or Atlas

A New Map of the River Mississipi: From the Sea to Bayagoulas

Date: 1761
Description: Map covering southern Louisiana from Lake Ponchetrain to the Golf of Mexico and from Woods Bay in the west to the islands just east of Bay St. Louis. It sh...
Painting

"The Duck Hunter"

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Description: Man hunting ducks standing in the marsh with his gun raised, aiming it into the air. He is wearing a hunting jacket. In the marsh are two ducks floating on...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of Fox Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Bird's-eye view of downtown Fox Lake, with a marshy area and the lake in the background. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View, Fox Lake, Wis."
Photograph

Four Bateaux on Shore of St. Croix River

Date: 1907
Description: Four boats are partially submerged in shallow water by the St. Croix River.
Photograph

A Moose

Date: 1914
Description: A moose grazing in Mud Lake, near McFarland Lake.
Photograph

A Canoe on Shore

Date: 08 1916
Description: Elevated view looking down at a canoe on the shoreline of the Chippewa River as The Gang takes a well-earned rest.
Photograph

Moose at Lake Sturgeon

Date: 1911
Description: View from a canoe of a moose feeding in the waters of Sturgeon Lake. The prow of the canoe is in the foreground.
Photograph

Sandy Beach Resort

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Description: View across water towards a section of Sandy Beach Resort. There are people on the lawn on the left next to buildings. Two women are talking on a porch in ...
Photograph

Sandy Beach Resort on Geneva Lake

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Description: View from shoreline of Sandy Beach Resort. The building near the pier on the left has a sign on the roof for the resort. Along the shoreline are buildings,...

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