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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Beach Reflection

Date: 07 20 1988
Description: Two men walking along the edge of Lake Michigan.
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Bong Bridge, Duluth-Superior Bridge

Date: 1985
Description: Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior Bridge, officially named in honor of Richard I. Bong, World War II's Ace of Aces, who hailed from nearby Poplar, Wiscons...
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Water Street Bridge

Date: 11 16 1989
Description: Water Street Bridge over the Waupaca River in the city of Waupaca.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men harvest cranberries by raking the fruit across flooded marshes onto a conveyor belt which loads the berries into trucks.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men with rakes and wearing waders work knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on a flooded marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Men wearing waders stand knee-deep in water harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man with cranberry rake harvesting berries on flooded marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man in waders walking through a cranberry marsh during harvest. Marshes are flooded and harvested berries float to the surface. Booms and rakes are then us...
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Dead Alligator

Date: 03 23 1981
Description: An animal control officer with a dead alligator that has been pulled out of the water.
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Gill Road Bridge

Date: 08 1981
Description: This bridge, over the Rock River was later replaced.
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Water Skier with Inflatable Doll

Date: 08 08 1989
Description: Water skier lifting an inflatable doll during an Aquaducks show.
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David and Joan Obey

Date: 1988
Description: Congressman David Obey and his wife Joan on Martin Hanson's pontoon. He was a good friend of the Obeys and was inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hal...
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Along the Lake Monona Shoreline

Date: 1982
Description: View across a lawn towards the back of a house. The lawn slopes down to the left towards a tree-lined shore, with a bench and a pier. In the background is ...
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Edgar Hornung Trimming a Hedge

Date: 1982
Description: A man, identified as Edgar Hornung, trims a hedge along a chain link fence. He stands on rocks at the top of the steep shoreline with his back to the camer...
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Two Leader Tree

Date: 1980
Description: A tall white pine standing along Lowe's Creek south of Eau Claire. The top of the main trunk has been broken off and a secondary leader has grown from a ho...
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John Foote and Lauri Scott at Outer Island Lighthouse

Date: 07 21 1985
Description: View of a man and a woman looking over a railing, with binoculars and a telescopic lens at hand. Caption reads: "Light keeper John Foote and researcher Lau...
Postcard

Hyde's Mill

Date: 1988
Description: Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th...

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