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Elevated View of Baraboo River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Baraboo River. The main part of town is on the far left shoreline. On the right industrial buildings are near a bridge spanning the ri...
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High Bridge

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Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of central Baraboo from across the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis."
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The High Bridge and Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard view of a bridge over a dam on a river. Trees are along both banks. Caption reads: "The High Bridge and Dam, Baraboo, Wis."
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New Bridge over Baraboo River

Date: 1919
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a concrete bridge over a river. There is a boat near wooden pilings that stretch from the shoreline to the center...
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Broadway Bridge

Date: 1938
Description: Colorized postcard view from shoreline of a stone bridge lined with lampposts. Dwellings and commercial buildings are on the far side. An elevated railroad...
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City Water Pumping Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized postcard with an elevated view of the pumping station. On the left is a bridge over the river, and buildings on a strip of land between the river...
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Circus World Museum

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Description: Elevated view of the Circus World complex, with railroad cars, a tent and the arena where the circus shows are held. There is a parking lot in the backgrou...
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Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards wooden buildings on the left and right, and a bridge over the foot of Mirror Lake. There is a woman in a rowboat on the lake in t...
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Dells of the Wisconsin River, at the Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of elevated view of the Dells of the Wisconsin River, at the foot of Mirror Lake. There is a bridge in the foreground, and a building...
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Bridge at the Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline looking up at the bridge, and the dam. There is a building at the base on the bridge on the opposite shoreline on the right, and anothe...
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Horseshoe Curve

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el...
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Toll Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Text handwritten on bridge: "Toll Bridge, Sauk City." A couple are standing in a canoe on the Wisconsin River, in front of the Toll Bridge. Old supports ca...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o...
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Sauk City, Wis.

Date: 05 10 1907
Description: Written faintly along bottom: "Sauk Toll Bridge". The view is along the side of the bridge, with buildings and trees on both sides in the foreground. A man...
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Approach to Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 12 06 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Approach to Wisconsin River Bridge - Sauk City, Wis." The view is straight across to the opposite side. Trees and hills are on the fa...
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High Bridge

Date: 11 28 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "High Bridge, Baraboo, Wis." A truss bridge over the Baraboo River with a spillway underneath. The shorelines are wooded and buildings...
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Wagon Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Wagon Bridge, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." A long structure over the Wisconsin River. Buildings, bluffs and trees can be seen beyond the far...
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." A truss bridge with eight spans over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 14. The bridge ...
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Buggy on a Bridge

Date: 11 04 1912
Description: A horse-drawn buggy crossing a bridge with trees overhead.
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Greetings from Spring Green

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Spring Green." On the reverse it reads: "Grazing in Contentment." A herd of mostly Holstein cows in a pasture on the s...

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