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Syl at Reservoir Park near Small Waterfall

Date: 08 28 1898
Description: Syl playing with other children at reservoir park near a small waterfall. Toy boats are in the pond.
Photograph

Boys at Reservoir Park

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Description: Syl and another boy stand near a small waterfall at Reservoir Park. A bench can be seen in the background.
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Portaging at Curtain Falls

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Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
Photograph

Children in Siskiwit River at Bridge Falls

Date: 1936
Description: View of two children standing in the Siskiwit River at the top of Bridge Falls. A woman stands on the shore on the right. There are trees and brush on both...
Print

Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Bank Note and Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a child writing on a tablet and perching on a banner bearing ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 507-513

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Description: We tend to forget that at the time of the destruction of the forests, an emergency situation existed. The need for lumber for the building up of the...
Postcard

Smoky Falls on Wolf River

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Description: Photographic postcard of Smoky Falls, now called Big Smokey Falls and found within the Menominee Nation. A boy is standing on the left near the falls.
Photograph

Women at Skillet Falls

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Description: Stereograph of a group of women exploring Skillet Falls, some of them walking on the rocks. In the background is a horse-drawn buggy with a man and woman s...
Photograph

Swimmin' Hole

Date: 1950
Description: A group of children swimming below a cascade on a river. The area is surrounded by trees.
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 08 1952
Description: Copper Falls in Copper Falls State Park. The falls are on the Bad River. A group of people are standing on the rocks on the right. Trees are in the backgro...

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