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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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Panther's Cave

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Description: Three people stand on a rock formation at Panther's Cave. This image comes from an Osage album with the inscription: "Compliments of G.W. Parsons."
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Black Hawk Cave

Date: 1907
Description: Black Hawk Cave near Lake Mendota.
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Caves at Peninsula State Park

Date: 1940
Description: A view of some caves at Peninsula State Park.
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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Two Youth in Elephant Cave

Date: 1940
Description: A young boy and girl posed inside of the Elephant Cave in the east bluffs at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Cave of the Dark Waters

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Description: Stereograph of the north entrance of the Cave of the Dark Waters.
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Skylight Cave

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Description: Stereograph though Skylight Cave (in the Navy Yard) of three people in a rowboat.
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Cave Entrance in Vicksburg

Date: 1902
Description: Cave in a hillside occupied by the Lewis family from May 18 to July 4, 1863, during the Civil War siege of Vicksburg. Hundreds of other caves in the vicin...
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Looking Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Stereograph of two men in a canoe looking out from Boat Cave. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Looking Out of Boat Cave - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of two men in a canoe looking out from Boat Cave.
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Skylight Cave - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph though Skylight Cave (in the Navy Yard) of three people in a rowboat.
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Excursion Cave, Hemlock Island

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph of a sailboat in Excursion Cave, on Hemlock Island of the Apostle Islands. A man can be seen sitting in the boat.
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Luncheon Hall — East of Stand Rock #87

Date: 1900
Description: Three people and a young child sitting around a stone table in Luncheon Hall. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scener...
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Diamond Grotto — In Witches' Gulch #246

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Description: Stereograph of a bearded man, William Metcalf, at Diamond Grotto in Witches' Gulch. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin ...
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Diamond Grotto — A Study in Rock #102

Date: 1903
Description: A cutout of a girl placed in the Diamond Grotto in Witches' Gulch. There is graffiti on the rocks in the background. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the W...
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Skylight Cave — in the Navy Yard #255

Date: 1903
Description: A silhouetted man on a boat in a cave. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Looking into Boat Cave #1123

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Description: Stereograph of a cave, where a man is sitting in a canoe. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Over Phantom Chamber in Witches' Gulch #387

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Description: Looking through a cave towards two men in a rowboat. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."

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