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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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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.
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Sauk County Road

Date: 1920
Description: Loganville Road in Sauk County taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association. The photograph was meant to create a contrast between the new improved road ...
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Turk's Head Rock at Devil's Lake

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Description: Stereograph of Devil's Lake with Turk's Head rock formation in the foreground.
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"Colsac II" Ferry

Date: 1963
Description: View from road of the ferry "Colsac II" arriving at the shoreline of the Wisconsin River, with an automobile on the right waiting to board.
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Hops Picking

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Description: A large group of people including men, women and children gathered together for hops picking. They are pictured in the middle of a hops field with hops pla...
Postcard

Devil's Lake, Wisconsin State Park. Castle Rock

Date: 1914
Description: Castle Rock at Devil's Lake, number 4801 in E.A. Bishop's Wisconsin State Park Series. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Our State Parks now rank among t...
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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, ...
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Elevated View of Farm

Date: 1897
Description: View down hill towards a farm in a valley, with wooded bluffs in the background. In the foreground, a fence is at the top of the hill overlooking the farm....
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Sauk County Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of a large farm in a valley. Caption reads: "Prosperous Sauk County Dairy farm — nestling in a fertile valley between timber-clad hills. Phot...
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Pasture Near Spring Green

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: View across a field toward a wooded hillside. A fence is along the edge of the field. Caption reads: "Spring Green (vicinity) Wis May 20 1962 Sunny pasture...
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Spring Green-Plain Road

Date: 06 1950
Description: View across a gently sloping prairie field. Trees are in the distance, and power lines and a road are on the left. The Highway Commission descriptive remar...
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1945
Description: University students on a field trip to Devil's Lake State Park climb the trail up through the piles of talus (broken rocks) on the slope. A couple in the f...

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