Date: | 05 12 1948 |
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Description: | Group portrait of fifteen members of the Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation, sponsors of an anti-pollution meeting to prohibit dumping of sewage ... |
Date: | 05 12 1948 |
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Description: | Elevated view of members of the audience attending a meeting sponsored by the newly incorporated Southern Wisconsin Anti-Pollution Federation. The meeting ... |
Date: | 1966 |
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Description: | Gaylord Nelson participates in a canoe trip down the Namekagon River in an effort to protect the river under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. |
Date: | 1967 |
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Description: | Nelson sits in a canoe and looks out over the water around the Apostle Islands. |
Date: | 05 1970 |
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Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
Date: | 09 20 1949 |
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Description: | Al Koppenhaver, a game warden for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, holding a bucket of dead fish that were removed from the Yahara River belo... |
Date: | 09 20 1949 |
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Description: | Two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees removing dead fish from the Yahara River near the Johnson Street bridge. The fish were evidently ki... |
Date: | 03 03 1970 |
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Description: | The cover design of the magazine "Environmental Action: April 22" featuring a line drawing of multititudes of people clinging to and falling off of the Ear... |
Date: | 06 27 1954 |
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Description: | Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca... |
Date: | 1978 |
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Description: | Students at Wausau West High School involved in an innovative science project that studied energy consumption and pollution of the Wisconsin River. |
Date: | 07 1976 |
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Description: | Diagram showing environmental means by which humans can be exposed to radiation from nuclear power plants. |
Date: | 1993 |
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Description: | A map of Milwaukee County, indicating the locations of toxic sites and the types of toxic sites, ranging from those listed as a superfund site, industry re... |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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"Blitz Fog" pesticide package, manufactured for Northern Industries, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1965-1967. (Museum object # 1999.143.22) |
Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist. |
The People who Shaped the Movement |
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Discover how a 19th century Scottish farm boy and many other devoted citizens created the conservation movement in Wisconsin. |
Read about Wisconsin's role in the development of the environmental movement in the United States in the 20th century. |
Date: | 04 1970 |
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Description: | Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even... |
Date: | 1970 |
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Description: | Editorial cartoon depicting Rodin's "The Thinker" wearing a gas mask. The figure is surrounded by pollution, with a factory spewing smoke in the background... |
Date: | 08 27 1959 |
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Description: | A new 4-cent postage stamp honors the American soil conservation effort by showing various phases of soil conservation. Shown (L-R) are: Russell Silverwood... |
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