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Compass Training
1937
Probably Native Americans receiving instructions on compass use for Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory.
Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Field Camp
1932
A man and a woman standing next to a tent in the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory field camp.
Land Economic Inventory Mapping Crew
Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory mapping crew starting out in the snow for instruction.
Producing Land Cover Map
Person's hands, one with with wedding ring on left hand, using a ruler, pencil, and protractor to draw a land cover map for Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory.
Erosion in Middleton
April 1937
From back of print: "Dane County, Town of Middleton, north 1/2 section of section 17 looking SW from a hill across the valley showing erosion and stump pasture. Practically all land abuses may be s...
Young Boys in Cutover Land
October 29, 1937
Two boys standing among stumps in northern Wisocnsin cutover land. T. 34N R. 9E on Highway 17. Trees cut approximately 40 years before photograph was taken (ca. 1897).
