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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | A tree-shaded bridge over a river, probably in a park. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Snow is mounded on top of pilings on the edge of the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Water cascades beneath a footbridge and over boulders on a river. A canopy of trees is overhead. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A sunbeam highlights a torrent of water, below the the falls, on the Amnicon River during the spring thaw. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Fresh snow on the wooded banks of the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Paddlers in a canoe on their way down the Namekagon river. The shoreline on the left is tree-covered. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 03 1961 |
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| Description: | Tracks in the snow seen by moonlight on the shore of the Eau Claire River. |
| Date: | 10 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman netting his fish near the bridge at Keshena Falls. Caption on reverse reads: "This is an actual catch I just happened to be pr... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from East College Avenue bridge of motor boats exiting Lock #4 on the Upper Fox River. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | The Crystal River running between icy banks lined with trees. |
| Date: | 06 1969 |
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| Description: | The Cedarburg Bridge, originally known as the Red Bridge, with a flowering tree on the right. Originally Wisconsin had more than 40 covered bridges. This i... |
| Date: | 12 1969 |
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| Description: | Trees and the shoreline are reflected in the partially frozen Root River. |
| Date: | 09 1973 |
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| Description: | Teen boy resting on an inner tube while floating down the Apple River, a very popular summer activity. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 12 1976 |
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| Description: | Towboat pushing barges through ice on the Mississippi River as winter closes shipping traffic. Elevated view shows broken ice surrounding the barges, creat... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Geese and ducks on the shoreline and in the water, seen through trees. A paved road is in the foreground, and the far shoreline is wooded. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of boathouses floating on the water at piers along the shore of the Black River. Some of the boathouses have been owned by many generations o... |
| 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. |
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