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| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Tree Nursery. A man is standing on the left side. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a man unloading a burlap bag onto the back of an International R-120 pickup truck in front of "Toll Gate Nursery." |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. The building stands on the right, with attached greenhouses on the left. A smokestack is behind the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Horticulture Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Greenhouses are to the right behind the building. A windmill is on top of ... |
| Date: | 05 1981 |
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| Description: | 7595 Mineral Point Road, between Madison and Pine Bluff. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An International Model S truck owned by T.W. Rice is parked alongside an opened railroad boxcar as a man unloads a plant from the truck bed. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of cranberry plants in various stages and varieties at the Nepco Nursery. A group of four men are working among the plants on the right. |
| Date: | 05 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of a flatbed truck carrying lumber and a pickup truck carrying plants. Includes t... |
| Date: | 05 1935 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of state forests, state nurseries, state parks, roadside parks, prison camps, and lookout to... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of state forests, national forests, county forests, state nurseries, Indian reservations, st... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of garden plots at the state nursery at Trout Lake. Young pines must be grown for two years in the nursery before being planted. In this phot... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin state official historical marker titled 'Forest Restoration, The Beginning.' The text reads: "This place on Trout Lake was selected by E.M. G... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The first forestry building at Trout Lake Headquarters. It served the crew for eating and sleeping while they were clearing for the nursery site in progres... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Trout Lake was the site of the first forest planting or nursery. This camp was at the north end of Trout Lake. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A view of the Lake Tomahawk ranger station taken about 1914 when the buildings were new. Shows the ranger's residence, water tower, the barn for horses wit... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Cornelius L. Harrington and Ranger McNeel planting tree seedlings at the Trout Lake nursery. |
| Date: | 01 31 1950 |
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| Description: | In this large indoor group portrait, C.L. (Neal) Harrington is in the second row, second from the right. The men are attending an operational meeting for t... |
| Date: | 02 1937 |
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| Description: | This topographical map of the forest preserve shows highways, roads, trails, telephone lines, Native American reservations, Ranger sub-stations, state nurs... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | This map shows various types of forests, nurseries, state fish hatcheries, major wood-using industries, camp & picnic grounds, fire towers, ranger stations... |
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