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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Black River, with rock outcroppings, sand bars and trees. It is approximately 190 miles long and is a tributary of the Mississippi Riv... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Fresh snow on the wooded banks of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Sunrise after an ice storm, showing the light gleaming on the silhouette of the trees and chicken wire fence. |
| Date: | 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Snowshoe tracks crossing a fresh snowfall in Pattison State Park. The tracks disappear around a curve into the trees. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Copper Falls plunging over rocks on the Bad River in Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin farm scene, south of Lone Rock, but in Iowa County. A church can be seen on the left. The hills are the south bluffs of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 06 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lake Thompson, Rhinelander, Wis." View of a wooded island from a boat landing on Lake Thompson. Rowboats are pulled up onto the shore... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hardscrabble Ski Area...Rice Lake, Wis." Text on reverse, "Hardscrabble, Inc. Rice Lake, Wis. The Cadillac of ski areas . . . ask the... |
| Date: | 07 31 1957 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene at Fries Lake, Richfield, Wis." A man, a young girl and two dogs are in a rowboat. The lake is surrounded by trees. On the far ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wis." The formation has a road along the base with trees growing above. Text on the reverse: "Rock Sprin... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows at Rock Springs, Wis." A road and the Narrows Creek run next to each other in an elevated view of ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Froelich's Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wisconsin. AAA. One of Northern Wisconsin's fine American Plan Resorts * Your choice of accommodat... |
| Date: | 07 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Plum Lake near Sayner Lodge, Sayner, Wis. Greetings - Eagle River, Wis." View of Plum Lake with a boathouse and piers at Sayner Lod... |
| Date: | 07 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Cabin No. 3, Murmuring Waters Resort - Sayner, Wis." A clapboard cabin in the woods with a screened porch, with a path leading to the... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Silver Cliff." On reverse it reads: "Snowbound Creek." A creek runs through snow covered woods, and a bridge is in the... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." A truss bridge with eight spans over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 14. The bridge ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Lush Farm Land." Elevated view of a farmer on a tractor in a large corn ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." A country road curves to the left around a farm. On the right are a tree, fields and a fence with ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green, Wis." On the reverse it reads: "Here's Some Sugar, Little Fella!" Two girls are feeding a treat to a foa... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Be It Ever So Humble..." A Native American man dressed in indigenous clothing... |
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