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White Pine
1981
An unidentified man in a winter coat is standing with his right hand resting on a large limb of a mature white pine on the grounds of the T.B. Scott Mansion. Local legend maintains that the house i...
Allison and Hoffmann
1979
R. Bruce Allison, left, and B. Wolfgang Hoffman posing in front of the massive trunk of a tree. Allison, an arborist, is the author, and Hoffmann the photographer, of the 1980 book, Wisconsin's Cha...
Brule River White Pine
1962
Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was thought to be about 300 years old and had a trun...
Two Leader Tree
1980
A tall white pine standing along Lowe's Creek south of Eau Claire. The top of the main trunk has been broken off and a secondary leader has grown from a horizontal limb midway up the trunk on the l...
The Scary Oak
1980
A close-up view of the gnarled trunk of a large bur oak located in Kettle Moraine State Park. The trunk is distorted by scars and burls.
The Columbus Cottonwood
1982
An unidentified man and boy, probably John Crombie and his son, posing next to the large trunk of an Eastern poplar, Populus deltoides on the Crombie farm near Columbus. The tree is listed in R. Br...
