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| Description: | Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of... |
| Date: | 07 11 1930 |
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| Description: | Paul Vilbrandt, age 10, standing by a tree and ladder at the 1200 block of West Dayton Street, hoping to break the tree sitting record of Jimmie Clemons of... |
| Date: | 03 30 1938 |
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| Description: | Attilio Gatti and his wife pose for the camera during their expedition to the African Congo. International Harvester sponsored the expedition and Gatti use... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | From the newspaper caption: Tony Bonovich's [dog,] "Nigger of Upham" won the Derby retriever trial Sunday [June 17, 1945] in Vilas Park. He is shown here w... |
| Date: | 02 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Two young charter members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park. Pictured left to right: Karen Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Nelson, and... |
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| Description: | Two men standing holding guns, with birds draped around their necks from hunt. Line strung between trees shows additional kill from duck hunt. A dog is sit... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Sigurd F. Olson (April 4, 1899 - January 13, 1982) was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. This photograph... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A girl climbing over the rocks at Devil's Lake State Park against a scenic view of the lake and surrounding areas. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A young boy and girl posed inside of the Elephant Cave in the east bluffs at Devil's Lake State Park. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson, wearing his characteristic attire, on a trip on the Upper Churchill River. |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson, in typical camping attire, during a canoe trip at Quetico Park in Canada. |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| Description: | Iconic portrait of conservationist Sigurd Olson at his cabin at Listening Point. The Northland College environmental studies center is named in Olson's hon... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes. |
| Date: | 08 1961 |
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| Description: | Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books... |
| Date: | 02 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Jim Taylor, outdoor writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal." |
| Date: | 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Fisherman Walter Meske of Watertown holds up a fish he caught while ice fishing on Salmo Pond near Black Earth. |
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