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Drivers Clinic

Date: 1938
Description: A patrolman demonstrates a driving machine at a Drivers Clinic sponsored by the Wisconsin Highway Commission.
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Safety Patrol Training

Date: 1950
Description: Safety Patrol training class at a rural Rock County school.
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Safety Patrol Convention

Date: 1950
Description: Safety Patrol students from Rock County meet with an AAA representative at a Safety Patrol conference.
Postcard

Curtiss Flying Boat at Trout Lake

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate...
Postcard

First Forest Patrol Flight

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Historical Marker near Trout Lake. The marker recognizes the first ever forest patrol flight.

The marker text reads:

"FIRST FOREST PATROL FLI...

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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