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Photograph

Fishermen on Pike River

Date: 1945
Description: Two fishermen on rocks alongside the Pike River.
Postcard

Group of Native Americans

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Description: Group of Native Americans-Potowatomi standing in front of rock formation.
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Horseshoe Curve near Ableman

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Description: View of a passenger train coming down the tracks at the Horseshoe Curve. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947.
Photograph

Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
Print

Little Falls

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background.
Photograph

River View

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Description: A view through trees to a river.
Postcard

Cordova Castle in Eagle Cave

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Description: Postcard view of rock structure known as Cordova Castle in Eagle Cave. Caption reads: "'Cordova Castle,' Eagle Cave, Highway 60, Muscoda, Wis."
Postcard

Wisconsin River Near Grandfather Falls

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic postcard view up the Wisconsin River near the foot of Grandfather Falls, which falls 90 feet in 1 1/2 miles. Caption reads: "Near the foot of ...
Photograph

Skillet Creek Falls

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Description: View looking down at Skillet Creek Falls, which are surrounded by rocks, trees and foliage. Skillet Creek, located on private land, flows to Pewit's Nest, ...
Photograph

Solon R. Walbridge and Cabin

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Description: View across a cornfield towards a cabin and farm. A man is standing in the shade of a tree. A cone-shaped hill is in the background. Caption reads: "Pionee...
Photograph

Trempealeau Mountain

Date: 1902
Description: View of a tree-lined mountain across a body of water. Caption reads: "Trempealeau Mountain from across the bay."
Photograph

Cut Rock, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of rock face along a trail. The rock has been cut, and there is graffiti on the rock.
Photograph

Eagle Bluff, Peninsula State Park

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Description: View across water towards a cliff face overlooking a beach and Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Richmond Memorial Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View from above towards a rock formation surrounded by trees. The valley is below in the bakground. Caption reads: "Columbia County - Richmond Memorial Par...
Photograph

Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
Photograph

Men in Castle Rock Cave

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Description: Group portrait of four men sitting inside a cave with a low ceiling. One man is holding a flashlight, and one man is smoking a pipe. A caption identifies t...
Photograph

Castle Rock Cave

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Description: View of a large chamber in Castle Rock Cave.
Photograph

View from Bluff, Roche-a-Cri

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Description: View from a bluff overlooking a glacial drumlin and a hill in the distance. Identified via caption as Roche-a-Cri.
Photograph

Sand Cliffs on Beach, Kenosha

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Description: View of a sand cliff and beach. Trees are growing at the top of the cliff, with exposed roots from erosion.

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