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Second and Third Capitols and Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: A view looking south down Wisconsin Avenue toward the Capitol Square where portions of the second and third Wisconsin State Capitols are visible. This pers...
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Main Street

Date: 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of storefronts on Main Street. Sign on building reads: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer." Child standing at pump (water pump?) Two cars parke...
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Rocky Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of a hillside with trees, plants and grass, and a partially exposed face of eroded rock.
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Road in Autumn

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Description: View down rural road lined with trees and rocks. The leaves have turned to autumn colors. There is a fence along the road on the right.
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Bluffs on Shoreline

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Description: View across lake towards steep bluffs. Trees are growing along the shoreline and on the top of the bluffs. At the base of the cliffs in the center is a sca...
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A Bench Near a Lake

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Description: A wooden bench at the top of a slope overlooking a lake. A wooded shoreline is in the far distance.
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Tree Canopy

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Description: View down center of a dirt path of a tree canopy.
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Lake Michigan

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Description: View down hill through pine trees of a sandy shoreline along Lake Michigan.
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Stream and Trees

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Description: Elevated view of a stream lined by tall trees and water-eroded steep, rocky cliffs.
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Lake View

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Description: Elevated view from hill through tress towards a lake and far shoreline.
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Elevated View of Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view looking down at a steep waterfall surrounded by cliffs. The tops of the cliffs and surrounding area are covered by trees and shrubs. A large ...
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A Rocky Stream

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Description: View along rocky shoreline of stream flanked by steep rock cliffs. Trees and plants are growing out of the side of the cliffs and along the tops.
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Cliffs Along Lake Shore

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Description: View through large rocks towards a lake. On the right cliffs with overhangs topped with trees run along the shoreline. A tree-lined shoreline is in the far...
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Sightseeing by Excursion Boat

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Description: View across water towards people in an excursion boat on a river passing rocky and hilly shoreline covered with trees and plants. There is a man in another...
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A River and Bluffs

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Description: View across water with rocky bluffs rising from the river on the right. A rock formation on the bluff resembles a human profile. In the distance on the lef...
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A Rushing River

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Description: Elevated view through branches of pine trees of a rushing river and a bridge in the distance spanning the river from rock cliffs.
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A Wisconsin Valley

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Description: View looking down hill towards a tree-filled valley near Maiden Rock.
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Maiden Rock

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards Maiden Rock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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A Wisconsin Lake

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Description: Elevated view overlooking a large lake. There appears to be a small island off the lakeshore.
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Lake Pepin

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Description: View along Mississippi River shoreline towards bluffs along Lake Pepin, below Maiden Rock.

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