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Wisconsin's First Capitol

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature for 46 days in 1836. Caption from calendar: "Wisconsin's first Capitol — Belmont — Lafa...
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Skiing on Mt. Valhalla

Date: 1951
Description: View across valley of Mt. Valhalla, a ski hill with two ski jumps.
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Fall Fishing on Crab Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Two men fishing in a rowboat powered by a trolling motor. They are framed by two trees on the shore of Crab Lake.
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Calendar

Date: 1946
Description: Two canoes are pulled up on the shoreline in the Flambeau River State Forest.
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Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.
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Kettle Moraine State Park

Date: 1950
Description: View looking down hill towards people walking through trees in deep snow towards a picnic area below at Kettle Moraine State park.
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Winter Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Caption from calendar reads: "Evergreens and drifted snow form a Christmas picture on the University campus."
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Forest Fire

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Description: View across a field towards thick smoke billowing from a forest fire. People are in an open field in the distance. A road with trucks parked along it runs ...
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Forest Fire

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Description: View of a forest fire taken from an adjoining field. A fence separates the field from the burning trees.
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Oat Harvest

Date: 09 1929
Description: Harvested bundles of oats in a field on the Dean farm.
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Amik, the Beaver

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Description: Beaver among twigs and small branches.
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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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White Pine

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Description: White pines on the Menominee Reservation. A man is standing next to the trees on the left-hand side of the image.
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Meadow with Tree Stumps

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Description: Grass meadow with rotting tree stumps, possibly after a fire.
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Men on Snowshoes

Date: 1935
Description: Winter scene with four men walking on snowshoes through a forest.
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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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Flambeau State Forest

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Description: Three men are sitting at the base of a large tree at Flambeau State Forest.
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Tall Trees

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Description: Tall trees in a forest.
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World's Largest White Pine Tree

Date: 1945
Description: Two men stand at the base of the White Pine tree reported in 1945 to be the largest in the world at 16.8' in circumference and 140.42' in height. Larger sp...
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Big Trees

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Description: View of trunks of large, uncut trees.

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