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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Van Hise Rock by Ableman's Narrows (Rock Springs), with dedication plaque. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | House built by an early Italian settler. At the time of the photograph, the home belonged to Mrs. Margaret Gelarde. Behind the house is a hill and rock for... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of Indians, probably Ho-Chunk, in traditional costume, posing on and around Demon's Anvil. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A large, balancing boulder in Paradise Park, Ohio. A man is posed standing on the left side of the rock and a woman is posed standing on the right side of ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View along rocky shoreline towards adults and children on the seashore, nde wading in the water. In the distance are cottages and other buildings, possibly... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | This map identifies the areas of the state that had been geologically surveyed or topographically surveyed, or both, as well as portions of the state still... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Entrance of the tunnel to the bottom of the shot tower. There is graffiti around the entrance. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A pedestrian path along the Wisconsin River. An advertisement for J.M. Brophy general store is painted on the rock formations along the path. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three men work with an iceboat just offshore near Cottage Row Road. The sail and boom lie on the ice. There are boathouses and three windmills along the ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Several boats are moored in the protected harbor. An old warehouse stands on a pier. A tall bluff and rock cliff dominates the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Shows geology, test pits, shafts, houses, and the Mellen Lumber Co. Ry. in Marengo township, Ashland County, Wisconsin. "This is a preliminary map issued i... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View towards hillside with an outcropping of large talus rocks surrounded by trees near Castle Rock village. In the foreground is what appears to be a dirt... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A hand-tinted photograph of a scene from the Wisconsin Dells is mounted on beige paper upon which is printed a poem written by Alice Kent Trimpey, the wife... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard view of De Soto, taken from the cliff south of town, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "A Vie... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of Glen Loch in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Dam at Glen Loch, Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | This blueprint map covers the boundary area between Lake Superior and the Lac Vieux Desert. The map reads: "Land lines, streams, lakes, railroads, cities a... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the rear of the excursion boat "Apollo" in the narrows of the dells. Rock formations are on the left. Caption reads: "In the Narr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water towards three men and a woman posing while standing in a wooden boat in a sea cave in the Apostle Islands. Rock formations and other sea ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamer 'Winnebago' at Dells Boat Co. Landing, The Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." The steamboat "Winnebago," with passengers, at the Dells Bo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Springtime in Artist's Glen, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Trees and flowers surround a stream with a rocky bank. |
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