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Passenger Pigeon Monument

Date: 1947
Description: The Passenger Pigeon Monument was designed and built around 1947. It was erected by the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Postcard

Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
Postcard

Boat Landing, Cliff House, Devil's Lake

Date: 
Description: Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Fun Map : Picturing the Vacation of Opportunities of this Great Outdoor State

Date: 1936
Description: This pictorial tourist map from the Wisconsin Conservation Commission depicts vacation activities and identifies tourist destinations throughout the state....
Map or Atlas

Fish and Game Activity Map as of November 1937 : [Wisconsin]

Date: 1937
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of game refuges, fish hatcheries, canning factories, fish camps, and fish refuges in the sta...
Photograph

In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — Stand Rock, Showing Top #86

Date: 
Description: Three hunters and their dog posing on the top of Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Gates' Ravine from Above Boiling Eddy #1007

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of two men sitting on the side of a rock formation. The man on the right is holding a rifle and a stringer of squirrels. The man on the left ...
Map or Atlas

Sauk County

Date: 1948
Description: This outline map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shows the towns, cities and villages, railroads, and streams in the county.
Map or Atlas

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: This tourism brochure of Ashland County, Wisconsin, from the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce includes a map of the county showing tourist destinations and...
Photograph

Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene from Egg Harbor Road (Highway 42) in Fish Creek looking north toward frozen Fish Creek Harbor with the bluffs in Peninsula State Park beyond. ...
Photograph

Bridge over Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View from the Vits property, looking east, across a rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek leading to Peninsula State Park. A dachshund rests in the middle of ...
Photograph

Fishing on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1967
Description: A man is sitting in a boat holding a fishing pole on the Wisconsin River near Tower Hill State Park. A black dog is sitting towards the front of the boat.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Door County View

Date: 06 1938
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a plaid jacket sitting on the ground with her hand on a dog lying beside her in Peninsula State Park. There is a ...
Photograph

Enjoying the View

Date: 1940
Description: The description on the reverse of this print describes the scene: "A horseback rider pauses to view the beauties of Devils Lake nestled among the bluffs at...

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