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Boy Scout Band

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ...
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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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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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Employee Picnic

Date: 08 07 1935
Description: Group portrait of employees and children "First annual outing of the Pure Oil Company & Capitol Oil Corp. of Madison at Lake Delton." Also shows drum and m...
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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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Baraboo High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of Baraboo high school with a large group of students standing around it.
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Devil's Doorway

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Description: View of the rock formation on a cliff overlooking the lake. A little girl stands in the doorway.
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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City Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of the city park, with a fountain and benches, and a child standing in the foreground on the right. Caption reads: "City Park, Reedsburg, Wis."
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House with White Fence

Date: 1870
Description: View towards the front of a house with a white fence. Posing in front of the fence are a man (appears to be on crutches), a young child, and a dog. Other p...
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Toddler Chucky Benson

Date: 11 02 1945
Description: Toddler Chucky Benson, whose mother, June, is being charged with bigamy and is fighting extradition to New York.
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Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon...
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The Sauk Prairie

Date: 1892
Description: A view of the Sauk Prairie looking south. From the left are the photographer's brother, Frank Bass; Mrs. Edward (Ada Burlingame) Bass and her daughter, Eve...
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Dining Rooms and Kitchen at Construction Site of Power Dam

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Dining rooms and kitchen at the camp on the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Workers and children pose in front of the dining rooms; there are ...
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Excavating in West End of Power House Coffer Dam

Date: 07 25 1912
Description: A boy posing in the excavation site for the power house within the coffer dam. He is standing on the narrow gauge tracks; the high trestle is in the backgr...
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Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
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Two Boilers on Board Rail Cars

Date: 04 22 1911
Description: Two men and a boy are posing on rail cars carrying two 150 horse-power boilers for use in the temporary power plant at the dam construction site at Prairie...
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Parson's Indian Village

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Description: Exterior view of Parson's Indian Village, a tourist attraction on Highway 12 styled after a Zuni pueblo. Caption reads: "Zuni Pueblo-Parson's Indian Villag...
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Boating on Devil's Lake

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Description: Two men and a woman attend to boats in the lake, while three children wait ashore.

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