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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...
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Feeding Deer in the Deer Corral at Trout Lake

Date: 1912
Description: Trout Lake Forest Headquarters, the deer corral, with four fawns. Three of the fawns are eating from a trough, the third from a pail held by a man (partial...
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Trout Lake Nursery, First Furrow

Date: 05 1911
Description: View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ...
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Trout Lake Timber

Date: 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of a stand of tall trees in the forest at Trout Lake. A hat is hanging on the trunk of a tree in the center.
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Neal in the Pines

Date: 1912
Description: C.L. (Neal) Harrington standing among the pines (Trout Lake?).
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Pete Christensen at Trout Lake

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Description: Hand-colored portrait of Pete Christensen leaning on a porch post in front of a building. He is wearing a hat slanted against the sun.
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At Laura Lake

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Three men, Mackie, Breuer, and Harrington, are standing in front of Laura Lake. The far shoreline is in the far background. Laura Lake was surveyed by the ...
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Camp 2

Date: 1912
Description: Probably a view of a ranger camp house. There is a ladder propped outside at the front, and there is a broken window with temporary board repairs. Two men ...
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Cross Country Skiers

Date: 02 25 1940
Description: Winter scene with cross country skiers from Eagle River skiing on the Anvil Lake Ski Trail in the Nicolet National Forest.
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Star Lake Forest

Date: 1946
Description: A man on the left, leaning against a tree, appears to be addressing a large group of other men facing him. There is a large decaying tree stump in the fore...
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Norway Pine Forest

Date: 1942
Description: A man, likely a conservation warden, stands looking upward with his left hand resting on the trunk of a tree near the Star lake Ranger Station. The trees ...
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In the Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 06 1937
Description: The caption on the reverse of this photograph reads: "Steiro girls sitting on lake shore at Trout Lake." The girls are wearing swimming suits, and a dog is...
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Woman in front of Lodge

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Description: A woman wearing a long coat and hat, and holding a handbag is standing in front of a lodge.
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Pete Christensen: Forester at Trout Lake

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Description: Portrait of a man standing on snowy steps in front of the door of a building. He is resting one elbow on the post of a railing.
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Man with State Forestry Headquarters Sign

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Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a sign that reads: "Northern State Forest, State Forest Headquarters, District Forest Ranger, State Forest Nursery. Wisc...
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Man in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: A man wearing a coat, necktie and cap is standing at the top of wood and slab stone steps with rustic railing at an entrance to the lodge at Trout Lake. A ...
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Woman in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: Woman standing on the sidewalk in front of the lodge at Trout Lake. The building is constructed of logs, with rustic railings, and stone slab steps with ro...

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