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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Fishing

Date: 1956
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers on a fishing trip proudly exhibiting muskies and northern pike on a Wisconsin lake. From left are Dwight, Edgar, Milt...
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Gypsy Rose Lee Fishing

Date: 1950
Description: Gypsy Rose Lee (aka Louise Hovick, 1914-1970) with a large muskie she caught in a northern Wisconsin lake.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
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The "Ann Arbor No. 7"

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Description: View from shoreline towards the screw ferry, "Ann Arbor No. 7." The ferry was later named "Viking," then "Viking I."
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High Lake in Boscobel

Date: 1940
Description: View down steep hill through trees towards a rowboat tied to a pier on High Lake, with the far shoreline in the distance.
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Brownstone Falls

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Brownstone Falls on the Bad River.
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Fort Howard hospital sheltered by large trees.
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Fort Howard Hospital, Surgeon's Quarters

Date: 1949
Description: Fort Howard Hospital, Surgeon's Quarters.
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Pendarvis House

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Description: The Pendarvis house, a Cornish home on Shake Rag Street.
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Shot Tower Tunnel

Date: 1950
Description: View across river towards the tunnel leading to the bottom of the shot tower shaft at Tower Hill State Park. There is a rustic bridge on the right leading ...
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Canal Lighthouse, Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1953
Description: View across water towards the Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse, with a group of people in a motorboat in the foreground.
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Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: A view from Rib Mountain looking southeast toward Rothschild and the Wisconsin River. The sign on the road in the foreground reads: "Dangerous Road, Drive ...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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Lake Okauchee Lighthouse

Date: 1935
Description: Lake Okauchee lighthouse. Buildings are in the background along a tree-covered shoreline.
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Children Swinging

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Description: Children playing on swing set in front of an automobile. A man is seated on a picnic table nearby.
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Illegal Snag Line

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and his assistant in a boat removing an illegal snag line from the Wolf River.
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Governor's Fishing Expedition

Date: 09 25 1937
Description: Governor Philip Fox La Follette (center) together with Governors Horner (Illinois) and Kraschel (Iowa) pose in front of the fish they caught during a fishi...
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Wisconsin Conservation Warden

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Description: Wisconsin wardens patrolling waters of Wisconsin in a canoe.
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Dirt Road

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Description: View down dirt road through cut-over and burned-over terrain.

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