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Rib Mountain

Date: 1930
Description: A view looking west at Rib Mountain across the Wisconsin River from the outskirts of Wausau.
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Wetlands

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Description: View from grassy shoreline towards a wetlands area in the autumn.
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Dried Wetlands

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Description: Two men are surveying dried out wetlands. A farm is in the distance.
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Marsh Tree

Date: 07 12 1964
Description: Dead tree at the edge of a marsh. The background fades to black.
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Family Outing

Date: 1975
Description: A family of ducks swimming across a wetlands area. In the foreground reeds extending above the waterline.
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Mendota Lotus Beds in Full Bloom

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom.
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Dredging Wetlands

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Description: View of a dredged wetland area near a road. A sign along the right reads: "New Middleton Neighborhood Shopping Center Site Preparation Work."
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Collecting Helgramites

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Description: A man wearing hip waders is standing in wetlands holding a collecting screen. He is collecting helgramites (a type of insect larva) to be used as bait for ...
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First Snow

Date: 1975
Description: View through snow-covered cattails after a winter snowfall towards a house on the left, and a barn and a silo on the right.
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Dodge County Farm

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view from hill of chickens ranging near their coop behind a farmhouse and outbuildings on a tidy farm. There is a large barn on the right with two...
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Moonlight on Marion Pond

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over the tops of buildings to the water beyond. A wooden sidewalk and fence runs along the street in the foreground. Caption on negative read...
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Reclaiming Swamp Land

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Description: Stereograph showing workers digging a ditch with a tractor and laying drain tile.
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Men in Plowed Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: Group of well-dressed men standing in front of a plowed segment of Horicon Marsh.
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Draining Wetland

Date: 1931
Description: Channel dug for drainage of a wetland.
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Group of People in Field with Crashed Airplane

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view across stream in marshy area towards a group of people gathered around an aircraft wreck.
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Draining Horicon Marsh

Date: 1914
Description: View of a drainage ditch in Horicon Marsh. A man is on a path along the left of the ditch.
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Pathway to Gardner Marsh

Date: 10 10 2014
Description: View down a wooden boardwalk with a viewing platform at the end. The view through the trees reveals the preserved wetlands within the Arboretum, called Gar...
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Looking Northwest From Signal Point — Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view from Signal Point of the Mississippi River, railroad and surrounding forest and wetlands.
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Looking North from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 
Description: A bird's eye view overlooking the Mississippi River, sand bars, the railroad bridge, surrounding forests and wetlands.
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Plowing on Horicon Marsh

Date: 10 1914
Description: View of furrowed ground in Horicon Marsh and men on a tractor in the process of plowing a drained portion of the marsh.

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