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Leland's Point

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Description: Leland's Point; up the river and opposite. A steamboat is on the river.
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Phantom Chamber

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Description: The Falls in Phantom Chamber, in Witches' Gulch.
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Steamboat Rock, with two children playing at the edge of the river.
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Gates Ravine

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Description: View out of Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). One man is reclining on the beach at right, and a second man is standing on a sailboat.
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High Rock

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Description: High Rock; upstream side. Two girls are looking out at the river. The girl at the left is sitting, and the girl next to her on the right is standing.
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Cleopatra's Needle

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity; Cleopatra's Needle in Wonder Notch. There is a man standing on a rock outcropping beside the Needle.
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Irish Village, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; Foreground: Irish Village in Midway; Background: Buildings in Jackson Park.
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Swallows Nest

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Description: South face of Swallows Nest in the Wisconsin Dells. Ruth, Miriam and Evaline Bennett are in a rowboat near the shoreline.
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Larks Hotel

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Description: Elevated view from Larks Hotel, looking towards Narrows. Adults and children on the ground are looking towards the river. There is a steamboat on the river...
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Jackson Park, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of buildings at the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, viewed from Stony Island Avenue. The "L" station and train are in the foreground. S...
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Crowd on State Street

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Description: Elevated view of crowd along sidewalks on State Street, and the Masonic Temple from Madison Street. Streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
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Angel Rock

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Description: Up river from Angel Rock. There is a boy sitting on a rock, holding a pole, with rock ledges overhead.
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Administration Building, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; Administration Building in Jackson Park, viewed from 64th Street; foreground: a crowd of men gathered near Pass Gate.
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Sturgeon Rock

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Description: View along rock formation towards Sturgeon Rock.
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Terminal station, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of terminal station at Jackson Park; Administration Building in background.
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Chapel Gorge

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Description: View through rock arch towards a man sitting on the ground facing away towards a tent and canoe, at the mouth of Chapel Gorge, foot of the Narrows.
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Midway Pleasance viewed from Illinois Central Viaduct; large Ferris wheel in background; large crowd, mostly walking in the direction of the Ferris wheel.
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Luncheon Hall

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Description: Luncheon Hall, looking towards Witches' Gulch, with Miriam Bennett and Ruth Bennett.
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Romance Cliff

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Description: Romance Cliff from the bar above High Rock. Two children are on the beach in the foreground.
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Midway Pleasance, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Columbian Exposition; North side of Midway Pleasance viewed from Madison Avenue.

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