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Mirror Lake Dam

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Description: View upriver towards dam. Buildings on shoreline at left. Sign on roof reads: "Mirror Lake Boats."
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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Devil's Post Office

Date: 1903
Description: Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake. Miriam Bennett is inside of the Devil's Post Office looking out.
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Canyon Trail, Mirror Lake

Date: 1903
Description: Horse-drawn vehicle on Canyon Trail at Mirror Lake.
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Reunion of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of the veterans of Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at their reunion. H.H. Bennett appears standing at the far right of the second row...
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Hop Picking

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Description: Slightly elevated view of hop pickers in hop yard, in the vicinity of Mirror Lake.
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Timme Mill

Date: 1925
Description: View across lake of a four-story wooden mill with two wings, one with an oriel window. There is a building with a cupola, probably a granary, behind the mi...
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Ink Stand

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Description: View of a rock formation called The Ink Stand located on the Wisconsin River.
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Ink Stand

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Description: An elevated upstream view of a rock formation in the Wisconsin River known as The Ink Stand.
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 06 13 1942
Description: Three illegal gambling machines in the Dell View hotel.
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Play "26" Gambling Sign

Date: 06 14 1942
Description: A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells.
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Slide

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline of a water slide at Mirror Lake State Park. A woman rides down the slide into the lake, and a few people stand on the platform behind h...
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Marshall Memorial

Date: 1929
Description: The Marshall Memorial Hall building, located at 30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway South. The building currently serves as the Village Hall of Lake Delton.
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Boater on Mirror Lake

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Description: View from shoreline of a man rowing a boat on the Wisconsin River.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline of woman with two children in a rowboat. Probably Harriet with Miriam and Ruth Bennett.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1908
Description: Ruth and Miriam Bennett on a wooden walkway at Mirror Lake.
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Boat on Mirror Lake

Date: 1908
Description: View from water of a tour boat with an American flag near a boathouse on the shoreline of Mirror Lake.
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Down Mirror Lake from Cliff at Fern Dell #350

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Description: View from above of two girls holding hands on a cliff overlooking Mirror Lake. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scene...
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Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
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Elderly Man Fishing

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view over water towards an elderly man using a long pole to fish from a steep rock ledge on the opposite shoreline.

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