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| Date: | 08 23 1978 |
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| Description: | A man is cleaning up trash from a dirt road. Parked behind him is a Scout. News Photo sheet reads: "Responsible four-wheel drive vehicle use is one message... |
| Date: | 10 21 1960 |
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| Description: | From left to right, smiling Gary Winner, Paula Schmarch and Stanley Schmarch, sitting in a pile of leaves. |
| Date: | 10 23 1960 |
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| Description: | Five year-old Paula Scharch, and her brother Stanley, age three, tossing leaves. |
| Date: | 10 21 1960 |
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| Description: | Five year-old Paula Scharch sitting in a pile of leaves. |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Seated on a large lower tree limb in Vilas Park are, left to right, Danny Tortorice, John Fasel, Frank Lawrence, Raymond Falci, Tom Fields, Mike Williams a... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Two couples playing English lawn bowling on Forest Lodge bowling green next to Lake Namakagon. One woman is wearing pink Bermuda shorts and a white sleevel... |
| Date: | 07 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Laurie Stein, 5 year old daughter of photographer Edwin Stein, playing in a double hammock with her friend Sara. |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Three boys wave as they ride their home-made raft down Murphy's (Wingra) Creek. The boys are Mike Webster, 709 Emerson Street; Jerry DeBois, 213 W. Lakesid... |
| Date: | 09 08 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse: "Greetings, White Lake, Wis. First Cast of the Day." Two fisherman, facing in opposite directions, cast their lines into the water from a ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i... |
| Date: | 06 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Evening, Trout Lake, Wisconsin." As the sun sets, a group of men on a pier watch another man in a canoe on the lake. A sailboat is mo... |
| Date: | 09 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Northernaire Showboat Waterfront." Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire – Open Year-'Round. Three Lakes, Wisconsin." There are two im... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Northernaire, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. Open Year 'Round." View of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake, an Art Moderne hotel built in 1... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
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| Description: | View of a double-deck excursion boat filled with a crowd of tourists. A few men are standing on the sidewalk to the side. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two canoeists navigate the rapids, called Gilmore's Mistake, on the Wolf River. Rocks and foliage can be seen on the shore. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men fishing in a rowboat powered by a trolling motor. They are framed by two trees on the shore of Crab Lake. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | View towards a rock climber on top of an outcropping at Devil's Lake State Park who is watching another climber descending. Devil's Lake and bluffs are in ... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | This color map displays Wisconsin and bordering areas of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan. At the bottom is a map key indicating road classification... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | The general theme of this black and white map is "Discover and Enjoy Wisconsin." The front of the map depicts driving tours numbered 1 through 12; each to... |
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