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| Description: | Four women, six men, and one boy pose together. Caption reads: "OFFICIALS AND NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE of Hosiery Branch 169 were instrumental in winning the ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Three men pose along a car. Caption reads: "Edward Alsworth Ross, with son Gilbert Ross, and local farmer, on fishing trip, Otsego, Wis. Probably early 192... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Three men pose along the side of a car. Caption reads: "Edward Alsworth Ross, with son Frank A. Ross and local farmer, on fishing trip, Otsego, Wis. Early ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women adjust a large camera, while two men look on. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Dells, Wis. 1956. Miriam Bennett, daughter of Henry H. Bennett, noted 1... |
| Date: | 12 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Duane, Ann Denise, and Bruce Kirking gaze at the "family candles" on top of the melodeon which has been in Grandmother Bayles' family for six generations. ... |
| Date: | 11 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Grandpa Bayles working on a wooden stool for his grandchildren. He likes to indulge in woodworking after the farm chores are done. |
| Date: | 11 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Laverne Kirking proudly smiles at his youngest son, baby Gale, and shows him part of the holiday decorations in the farm home. |
| Date: | 12 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Jean (Bayles) Kirking instructs three of her children, Duane, Ann, and Bruce in the technique of stringing popcorn and cranberries and paper chains to deco... |
| Date: | 12 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Observing a family tradition that the height of all children are measured each Christmas season on the sliding oak door between the parlor and dining room,... |
| Date: | 12 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Dennis Bayles, his son-in-law, Le Verne Kirking, and two of the Kirking children, Ann Denise and Duane, trudging through the snow to cut pine branches from... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Swallows' Nests, Wisconsin Dells. Every summer hundreds of swallows make their homes in holes in the soft sandstone cliff." Rock fo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Real Photo Postcard." A group of sightseers wave to the camera as they travel under a bridge and through a tree shaded gorge in a Duc... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Red Bird Gorge." A water and land vehicle, called a Duck, squeezes through a narrow gorge full of trees and foliage. A bridge above s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Palisades, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Handwritten message on the back reads: "Rocks!" A tall rock formation with trees growin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wis. Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." Rock formations and trees line the shores of the Wisconsin River through the Dells. Kilbourn City was f... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Going Through the Narrows, Picturesque Wisconsin Dells." On reverse: "Here the river is only 52 feet wide and is over 150 feet deep. ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lone Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." A canoe in the shallow water near the shore. In the distance are rock formations and islands in t... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Old Bridge at the Narrows. Dells of the Wisconsin" and "Leroy Gates Photo." The Dell Bridge, first to span the Wisconsin River, was ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock wi... |
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