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Cabin on Big Bay Beach

Date: 1890
Description: Three men sitting in front of log building at Big Bay Beach on Madeline Island.
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Myrland's Sky Lodge

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Description: Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun...
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Rustic Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of a bridge. Trees are in the foreground, with Lake Mendota and the far shoreline in the distance. Original caption reads: "Rustic Bridge on ...
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Mrs. Lathrop at Old La Pointe Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lathrop sitting on steps of La Point Post Office with an unidentified woman.
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Rocky Shoreline

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Description: High rocky shore in Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point stretching out into Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Picnic Point on Lake Mendota

Date: 1888
Description: View of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The peninsula juts into Lake Mendota. The far shoreline can be seen in the distance.
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Wisconsin Dells Rock Formation

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Description: View of the rock formations along the Wisconsin River.
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Rock Formation Along Wisconsin River

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Description: View of rock formations along the Wisconsin River. Several sets of wooden stairs are built into the landforms and lead down to the river.
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Wisconsin River

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Description: View of the Wisconsin River and the surrounding geological landforms.
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Rural Lake

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Description: View of a rural lake with a footbridge leading to a small island.
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View of Clear Lake

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Description: View of Clear Lake from shoreline. A small, tree-covered island is visible, with a tree-lined shore in the background.
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Women Posing on River Rocks

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Description: A group of four women posing on river rocks. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, blouse, and hat. The first woman on the left is identified as being Tillie...
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Women Picnicking

Date: 1895
Description: Three young women, perhaps at a picnic, with the woman on the right drinking from a bucket. Two men are behind them on the right.
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Plastering Straw Stacks with Clay

Date: 1927
Description: Algerian men are plastering a straw stack with clay. Another straw stack can be seen on the right. Hills are barely visible in the distance. An out-of-focu...
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Platform Mounds

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Description: View looking uphill towards three platform mounds. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink. Part of the way up the hill are a small sh...
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Cut Rock, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of rock face along a trail. The rock has been cut, and there is graffiti on the rock.
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View from Bluffs, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of Lake Michigan from top of the bluffs. Below the bluffs is a boat with two people in it on the lake.
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Little Manitou Falls, Pattison State Park

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Description: View from below towards two waterfalls along a rock formation. A person is sitting on the rock outcropping between the falls.
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Jeannette Holt, Harriet Stroh and the Home-made Swing

Date: 1904
Description: Jeannette Holt and Harriet Stroh are sitting and lying in the grass while playing with three dolls. Two of the dolls are sitting on a swing, made of sticks...

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