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Forest Improvement Wyalusing State Park
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View down snowy road through a forest improvement area in Wyalusing State Park. There is a truck in the background, and a sign on the left side of the road reads: "Wyalusing State Park, Drive Slowly."The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) worked in Wyalusing State Park (formerly Nelson Dewey State Park) as project #8656 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1932 to 1935.
1935
Harrington, C. L.
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Log and Masonry Stationary Table
1935
This is WPA (Works Progress Administration) project #8656 of a log and masonry picnic table built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) at Wyalusing State Park (formerly Nelson Dewey Park).
Stone Fireplace and Landscaped Area
1935
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) used Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to build a stone fireplace and landscape an area in Wyalusing State Park (formerly Nelson Dewey Park).
Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction
1936
Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. The man pictured on the far left is most likel...
Merry Christmas from Nelson Dewey State Park
December 24, 1935
Christmas photographic postcard to C.L. Harrington from: David Wedgwood, Ben King, Marvin F Hartman, Bryan W. Brewer, Joseph L. Young, Bill Fischer, Jim Davis, C.D. Breitzke. The group is posing ou...
Portrait of Cornelius L. Harrington
1950
Head and shoulders portrait of C.L. (Neal) Harrington taken by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission. C.L. Harrington was the Wisconsin State Forester.
Log Piles at Stony Hill at Brule River State Forest
1960
Several piles of logs along a logging road waiting for truck pick up.
