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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Forest Service Parade Vehicle

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Description: Costumed people pose on a decorated Forest Service parade vehicle.
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Children Having a Picnic in Woods

Date: 1869
Description: Mixed group, mostly children, having a picnic in the woods, perhaps connected with the dedication of the East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church.
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Urhenholdt Memorial Forest

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Description: Marker at the Uhrenholdt Memorial Forest established by farmer Soren J. Uhrenholdt on land that was part of northern Wisconsin's "Cutover Region." A leader...
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School Pupils and Teacher

Date: 1900
Description: A large group of both boys and girls posing standing outside. Text on the back of the print of this image reads: "South Alma, Wis. About 1900. School pupil...
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"Men of the Same Crowd"

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Description: A group of many men and a few boys, standing in a clearing surrounded by trees. Text on the back of the print of this image identified them as, "men of the...
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Picnic Among Trees

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Description: A group of women and children sitting and standing around a long table in a grove of trees enjoying a picnic. A man is sitting on a couch on the left, and ...
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Five Men on Brick Ruins

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Description: Group portrait of five men posing sitting on top of brick ruins, perhaps the remains of bridge supports.
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Saskatchewan Family on Camping Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor family photograph of a mother, father, daughter and two sons. They are standing in between a canvas tent and an automobile with a Saskatchewan lic...
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Five Men Holding Fish at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of five men standing outside holding full lines of fish they caught at Nature Lovers Paradise resort located on Jackson Lake. In the background are tw...
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Aldo Leopold with Work Group

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Description: A group of men dressed for work, with implements in hand. Most of them are wearing hats and boots. One man is smoking a pipe. A forest is behind them. Hand...
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Farm Home

Date: 1895
Description: Two women, a man and a child posing on a road adjoining their homestead, with stumpland and a forest behind them.
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Well-Dressed Group

Date: 1895
Description: A group of well-dressed men and a dog pose in a forested area.
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Bridge of Timbers

Date: 1918
Description: Three men posing on top of a timber bridge under construction. The bridge crosses a river in a forested area. Posing on top of the bridge are two soldiers,...
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Soldiers Posing by Log Building

Date: 1918
Description: A group of American soldiers posing outside a building constructed of logs. The area has been cleared of some of the trees, and there are stumps in the fo...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 207-215

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Description: The log who was made King of Logs is here entombed
eight round, ten long

For his design, the strengthened forest
capriciously outgrew them all...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Mapping Section

Date: 1918
Description: View across snow towards a group of soldiers from the mapping section of the 310th United States Engineer Corps posing with horses and sleighs. In the back...
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Log Driving Crew

Date: 1890
Description: View from shoreline of a driving crew standing on a log raft on the North Branch of the Popple River, a tributary of the Pine River. They are holding long ...
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Driving Crew on the Logs

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Description: Driving crew posing on the logs. They are holding peaveys and cant hooks, tools used to move logs. The man on the left is holding a pail and the man in the...

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