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Fern Dells

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fern Dells, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin)." Rock formations, trees, boathouse, boat and dock on the sho...
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Devil's Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin.)" A rock formation with a hole in it on the shore of...
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Congress Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Handwritten on front: "'Congress Hall.' Vicinity of Mirror Lake. Delton Wis." View of a narrow passage through rock formations at Congress Hall, on the Del...
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The House on the Rock

Date: 07 25 1995
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock. Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588. The House on the Rock comes alive with spectacular autumn colors. This ar...
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The House on the Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock, at Spring Green, Wisconsin, on Highway 23, North of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Access to this rock is throug...
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Tower Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Tower Hill, Spring Green, Wis." View across water towards a rocky formation along the Wisconsin River in Tower Hill State Park.
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Van Hise Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wis." The formation has a road along the base with trees growing above. Text on the reverse: "Rock Sprin...
Photograph

Rocky Descent

Date: 1976
Description: View towards a rock climber on top of an outcropping at Devil's Lake State Park who is watching another climber descending. Devil's Lake and bluffs are in ...
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Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1945
Description: University students on a field trip to Devil's Lake State Park climb the trail up through the piles of talus (broken rocks) on the slope. A couple in the f...
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Pine Point, Devil's Lake

Date: 07 29 1928
Description: Pine Point, high above Devil's Lake.
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Pine Point, Devil's Lake

Date: 07 29 1928
Description: Pine Point, high above Devil's Lake.
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Outdoor Lantern

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red metal lantern on a stone wall at The House on the Rock. A denuded tree is on the left, on the face of Deep Shelter Ro...
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of wooded bluffs lining the shoreline of a narrow part of Mirror Lake in this view taken from Ferndale Cliff.
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Hikers

Date: 1939
Description: A young man wearing a cap and sunglasses is posing standing with his right hand resting on a rock formation. He is holding a Kodak Brownie No. 2A box camer...
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The Hiker

Date: 1935
Description: A young man wearing a hat, short pants, and a rucksack is standing atop a high rock formation looking down at Devil's Lake. There are wooded bluffs in the ...
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Man Posed on Rock Formation

Date: 
Description: A man poses on a rock formation named "Devil's Doorway" at Devil's Lake State Park. The lake is visible in the background.
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Scene at Mill Bluff Store near Sauk City

Date: 1928
Description: Two girls standing and sitting in the foreground on a lawn. In the background on the left a group of people stand near a tent and a parked automobile. Behi...
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Large Rocks at Devil's Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up towards large rock formation with trees at Devil's Lake. A man is standing at the top of the rock formation on the right, and on the left a...
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Man Sitting on Pinnacle of Rock

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting atop ridges of quartzite rock in the Baraboo Range.
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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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