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Filter: Creator Name of Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man paddles a canoe with four women passengers, as seen from inside Lone Rock Cave at the Dells. The far shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Staudenmayer grave marker set amid the lush vegetation of Durwards Glen. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The rock formation at the Dells known as the Sugar Bowl. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The view from Gibraltar Rock across farm fields and woods. There are corn shocks in several of the fields. A farm house and outbuildings stand near a pond... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the face of the bluff at Gibraltar Rock, with farmland and other bluffs far below in the distance. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of a ravine showing rock strata and a stream. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A view of the "Glen of the Calydon" showing a stream and rock formations. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Side view of a woman sitting on a rock ledge on the face of Gibraltar Rock bluff. Hills, fields and the Wisconsin River are visible far below in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A well-dressed man stands on barren, sandy soil identified as an Indian village site near Okee. Near him the soil is stained darker than the surrounding ar... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A barren area of sandy soil and rocks identified as the site of an Indian village near Okee. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A small granite stone and American Flag mark the grave of Belle Boyd, actress and Confederate spy. The grave is inscribed with: "Belle Boyd, Confederate sp... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This two-story wooden structure was originally the house of LaFayette Hill (1812-1853), a member of Wisconsin's first Constitutional Convention and settler... |
| Date: | 10 1924 |
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| Description: | J.R. Hastie stands beside a chain and crank operated pump at the pioneer well, "a few miles below Portage." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The brick, Italianate style Fox House hotel in Columbus. There are brackets under the overhang and a large belvidere. A sign on the building advertises Coc... |
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