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Pounds Landing North of Prairie du Sac

Date: 1907
Description: A view of the west bank of the Wisconsin River at Pounds Landing. This bluff is at the western end of the power dam which was constructed 1911-1914. Captio...
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Topographic Map of Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Topographic map of the Wisconsin River done under direction of Daniel Meade for construction of the Kilbourn dam by the Southern Wisconsin Power Company. I...
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Ice Jam in Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View of an ice jam near a Grand Rapids bridge in the Wisconsin River. Caption at top reads: "Greetings from Grand Rapids, Wis." Caption at bottom reads: "I...
Photograph

T.B. Scott Mansion

Date: 1907
Description: View across water towards a large Queen Anne style house sitting on a hill above the Wisconsin River. There is a bridge on the left and a road, now South C...
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Toll Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Text handwritten on bridge: "Toll Bridge, Sauk City." A couple are standing in a canoe on the Wisconsin River, in front of the Toll Bridge. Old supports ca...
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Plover Paper Mill

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Road, Showing Plover Paper Mill, Stevens Point, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading to a paper mill on the Wisconsin Riv...
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Train of House Boats

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Train of House Boats, at Tomahawk, Wis." A train of four houseboats in the water with another boat to pull them. Five rowboats are in...
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Hog's Back

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Hog's Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hog's Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A man...
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Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin, Kilbourn City, Wis." A bridge is in the background, which goes over the Wis...
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Boat Landing and Steamboat

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin." The steamboat "Apollo No. 1" at the Dells Boat Landing on the Wisconsin River. A building and ...
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Alligator Rocks

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Alligator Rocks, Dells of The Wisconsin River." Rock formations that resemble alligators on the shores of the tree-lined Wisconsin Ri...
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Fat Man's Misery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fat Man's Misery. Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin River." A boardwalk in a narrow passage between two rock formations.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Lone Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." A canoe in the shallow water near the shore. In the distance are rock formations and islands in t...
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Old Bridge at the Narrows

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Old Bridge at the Narrows. Dells of the Wisconsin" and "Leroy Gates Photo." The Dell Bridge, first to span the Wisconsin River, was ...
Postcard

Swallow's Nests

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Swallow's Nests, Dells of the Wisconsin." Rock formations on the shore of the Wisconsin River with trees growing above. Every summer ...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Near Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from left side of a rocky shoreline of the Wisconsin River toward a bridge spanning it. Two men are standing on the rocks in front of the bri...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Near Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Wisconsin River, with a bridge in the distance. Buildings are on both sides of the bridge, and logs are piled below the bridge on the right.
Photograph

Bridge Over the Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: View across the Wisconsin River towards buildings on the other side, with a bridge on the right supported by brick-covered supports. An excursion boat is f...
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View of Wisconsin River and Town

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the town of Lone Rock on the left, and the Wisconsin River nearby on the right. In the foreground below is a small bridge leading over a r...
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Log Drive on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of logs floating down the Wisconsin River, with rocky cliffs along the shoreline. A bridge and buildings are in the background, with a tree-c...

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