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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Hein's Logging Camp

Date: 1904
Description: A man stands atop a sled load of logs drawn by two horses at Hein's Logging Camp. Several other men stand atop large pile of logs behind him. Snow lies on ...
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Shocks of Corn

Date: 1940
Description: Pumpkins are scattered in a field near corn shocks. Farm buildings are in the distance. Caption from calendar: "Shocks of corn on a Wisconsin farm. Wiscons...
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Holstein Cattle

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view across water towards Holstein cattle in a pasture. Caption from calendar: "A Holstein dairy herd — Polk county. Wisconsin's fame as America's...
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1945
Description: University students on a field trip to Devil's Lake State Park climb the trail up through the piles of talus (broken rocks) on the slope. A couple in the f...
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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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Snowshoeing-Trout Lake

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of two men snowshoeing along a flowing stream near Trout Lake.
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A Forgotten Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Abandoned mill, formerly called the Modena Roller Mills. The first mill was built in 1865 (now torn down).
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Wisconsin Dairy Farm

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the Baumgartner Dairy Farm, one half mile east of Three Lakes, WI.
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Wisconsin Winter

Date: 1949
Description: View down center of a road in winter after a fresh snow. Pine trees are along the right, and deciduous trees are on the left.
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Black Earth Creek

Date: 1949
Description: Black Earth Creek in the winter, with the banks covered with snow. Large trees are leaning over the creek on the right bank. In the background are a fence,...
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Copper Falls

Date: 1950
Description: Copper Falls plunging over rocks on the Bad River in Copper Falls State Park.
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Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of contour farming surrounding multiple farms and woods.
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White Deer

Date: 1950
Description: A pair of white deer standing behind a brush pile in the woods on private land.
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Door County Church

Date: 1950
Description: A church with a dark steeple is set on top of a hill above a field with shocks of grain. Trees are on the left and right.
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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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Near Wyoming Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin farm scene, south of Lone Rock, but in Iowa County. A church can be seen on the left. The hills are the south bluffs of the Wisconsin River.
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Castle Rock, Camp Douglas

Date: 1950
Description: Castle Rock, surrounded by trees and a meadow. The geological feature is near Volk Field Air National Guard Base.
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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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Simpson's Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View down hill towards a farm in a valley, with harvested corn in corn shocks in the field. Tree-lined hills are in the background. Text on reverse of imag...

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