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Picnic at Pere du Sac

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Description: Three women and two men are sitting around a picnic lunch, which is placed on a cloth. A caption identifies three of the people as "Louis and Julia Shepard...
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Picnic at Pere du Sac

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Description: Three women and two men posing against a car. The car is parked near some trees and overlooking a body of water. A caption identifies four of the people as...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

North View of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair

Date: 11 19 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "North view of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair, Spring Green, Wis." Two women are walking on the track in the foreground. In the back...
Photograph

Reliable Models

Date: 1975
Description: Two boys wearing jackets and knit hats are riding light-colored horses in town. Behind them is a sign overhead rows of automobiles that reads: "Used Cars....
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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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Going Up

Date: 02 1972
Description: Elevated view of skiers gliding uphill on a chair lift at Wintergreen Ski Area. They are dressed warmly, and are wearing skis and carrying poles.
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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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Acrobat School

Date: 1976
Description: A girl tries some acrobatic moves on a rope at Acrobat School, Circus World Museum, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The silhouette of another acrobat ...
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Sauk County Junior Deputy Sheriff Shooting Practice

Date: 04 06 1968
Description: Two men assisting two children in firing guns. Caption reads: "Shooting on a rifle range is part of the program for the Sauk county junior deputy sheriff p...
Drawing

Waterfall at The House on the Rock

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Description: Black pen ink drawing on tracing paper of the exterior water feature. There are two rows of square glass windows on the Mill House, and tree trunks, shrubs...
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Japanese Garden and Lantern

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Description: Black ink line drawing of a Japanese garden and lantern at The House on the Rock, in what appears to be the corner of a room. The drawing features a lanter...
Drawing

Moon Gate

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Moon Gate at The House on the Rock. Carefully matched and fitted stone forms a circular gateway. A cedar tree frames th...
Drawing

Interior of the Garden Room

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of an interior at The House on the Rock. Stone support beams, walls and benches are in orange, flooring is in red, background ...
Drawing

Abstract Portrait of Alex Jordan

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Description: Portrait drawing on paper with graphite and crayon of Alex Jordan. The black and orange abstract of the architect shows his hair with flute-styled motifs m...
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Buddha Head Sculptures

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Description: Colored ink drawing of two green Buddha busts in the Mill House at The House on the Rock. The sculptures are sitting on black, four-footed bases that are r...
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Red Sculptural Cask

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of a red sculptural cask at The House on the Rock, similar to those made by Alex Jordan. It is sitting on a pedestal center to...
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Bamboo Wind Chimes

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of the Garden Room at The House on the Rock. In the foreground, orange bamboo wind chimes are hanging against a yellow stone w...
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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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Mill House Entrance

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Description: Colored ink drawing on paper of an exterior view of the Mill House, with stone work and wooden architectural roof framing. Cedars flank the entry, planted ...

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