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Portage Canal and Lock

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Portage canal and lock, with the Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin ...
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Stone Chapel in Durwards Glen

Date: 1935
Description: Stone chapel in Durwards Glen. View from ground level, partly obscured by bushes.
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Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: The Wisconsin River looking downstream. The Wisconsin River end of the canal may be seen at the left.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Indian Agency House, built for John Harris Kinzie (the Indian Agent to the Ho-Chunk Nation) and his wife in 1832.
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Old Indian Agency House

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of the Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. View of Portage Canal in foreground. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox...
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A close view of the canal locks.
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Canal Locks

Date: 1935
Description: A distant view of the canal locks.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal and lock. The Indian Agency House in the center background. The canal was dug in 1849 as part of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway pro...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
Map or Atlas

Map of Proposed Wisconsin Dells National Park : at Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This 1935 map shows the Wisconsin River from a point approximately 4 miles south of the city of Wisconsin Dells north to Duck Creek in Adams County. Sectio...
Photograph

Sheep

Date: 1935
Description: A flock of sheep walking along the bank of a small winding river. There are trees in the background. A typewritten note on the reverse states: "A scene in ...
Photograph

Harvest Time

Date: 1935
Description: A farmer is driving a reaper-binder behind a three horse hitch. There are trees in the background.
Photograph

Albino Buck

Date: 1935
Description: Text from the reverse of the print: "Albino buck, one year old, with first set of horns, at State Experimental Game & Fur Farm." The buck, who was called "...
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Raccoon in Tree

Date: 1935
Description: A raccoon looking at the photographer from its perch in the fork of a tree. A caption on the reverse of the print reads: "Just as they do in the wilderness...
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Tour at Game Farm

Date: 1935
Description: A well-dressed group of men, women and children have gathered on the lawn near one of the dormitories at the State Game Farm. A description on the reverse ...
Postcard

Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group, Looking East, At The Dells, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." On reverse: "All the world knows...

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