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Farm near Stream

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Description: View from hill over a valley dotted with farmsteads and a meandering stream in the foreground. A group of three or four people are posing at the opposite s...
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Boys Fishing near John P. Linde's Farm

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Description: Boys fish in a stream, with cattle, horses, a farmhouse and a barn in the background.
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Distant View of Clinton across Koshonong Creek

Date: 1874
Description: Elevated view from hill of Clinton, now Rockdale. Three men are in the middle distance, looking east across Koshonong Creek towards a mill dam, bridge and ...
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Murphy's Creek Entrance to Lake Monona

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: Murphy's Creek (now Wingra Creek) entrance to Lake Monona, the site where 2-year-old's Toni Dussling and Haskell Furumos drowned.
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Stream Swollen with Snowmelt

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Description: The Root River swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt. A recently built duplex housing unit is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as...
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Swollen Stream with Bridge

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Description: The Root River, swollen with rainwater and/or snow melt, runs under a bridge on which a man is walking. Recently built houses are visible in the misty back...
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Reinforcing Stream Bank

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Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
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Sunrise

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: Early sun seeps through a tree line and buildings into a creek valley. There is a creek in the foreground.
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Country Valley

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: A country valley with a winding stream. A farmhouse with barn and silo are on the right.
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Perrine's Ranch

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Description: View of Perrine's Ranch, located in the vicinity of Twin Falls. A man is crossing a stream filled with large rock boulders. The ranch is on the left side o...
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The Hawthorne House

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Description: View over stream toward the Hawthorne House, childhood home of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (7/4/1804 – 5/19/1864) built ar...
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Dredging Operations

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Description: Elevated view of dredging operations at the mouth of Bear Creek in Canada. Caption reads: "Dredging Operations at the Mouth of Bear Creek, Dawson, Y.T."
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Stream Bed and Country Road

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Description: View looking north from a covered bridge, including a rocky stream-bed and a tree-lined dirt road with houses and other wooden buildings. Caption reads, "V...
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Fishing Resort

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Description: Elevated view of the banks along a fishing stream, with a few buildings on the other side of the water. Caption reads: "Great Fishing Resort Near Kirksvill...
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Mill Near King Solomon's Cave

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Description: View toward a mill with a large water wheel and spring branch, near King Solomon's Cave. A man is posed standing next to the middle of the water wheel. Cap...
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Richardson Farm

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Description: The Richardson Farm stands at the far edge of a farm field with a creek running through it and animals grazing. The farmhouse is white and surrounded by tr...
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The Eagles Nest

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Description: View of the Eagles Nest, a Japanese Garden featuring a bridge and building amongst plants and trees.
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Looking Down Mill Creek

Date: 1912
Description: View across the creek of two houses.
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Scenic View — Bridge

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Description: View of a bridge over a stream. In the foreground is a tree. Residential homes are in the distance.
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Bridge and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.

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