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Buffalo Hunt, On Snow Shoes

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes immobilized by snow (Plate 15).

"In this plate is illustrated the mode alluded to in the preceding page, of the In...

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Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift

Date: 1844
Description: Indians on snowshoes hunting buffaloes trapped in snow (Plate 17).

"In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which...

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Men with Dog on Ice Jam

Date: 1876
Description: Three men and a dog are standing on thick chunks of ice looking over logs on an icy river.
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Ho-Chunk Couple Posed on Rocky Area

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Description: View of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing, and a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a rocky outcrop near a tree. Far below in the background are fields, hills, ...
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A. Bensley Butcher's Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Man sitting in the cab of an International Model M truck used by A. Bensley, cash butcher.
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Tourists on Muir Glacier

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Description: View of a tourist group on Muir Glacier near a ravine. Caption reads: "Tourists on Muir Glacier, Alaska."
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
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Stone Face, Devil's Lake

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Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Stone Face in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees and shrubs can be seen all around. A man is standing to th...
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Pier Landing, From Tourist Campsite, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w...
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Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1956
Description: Color postcard view looking down at the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the backgroun...
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 08 20 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
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Bathing Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the bathing beach at Devil's Lake State Park with a view of the East Bluff. The lake, bluffs and sky are in the background. Many visitor...
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The Ramparts of the West Bluff

Date: 1965
Description: Color postcard of the ramparts of the West Bluff in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen throughout and have fall color. The lake, bluffs and sky are...
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Great Stone Face, Devil's Lake

Date: 07 13 1906
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the rock formation called the Great Stone Face in Devil's Lake State Park. A man is standing to the right of the "...
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Rocky Mound Near Adams, Wis.

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Description: Photographic postcard of a geological rock formation. Side view of the snow-covered bluff and rocks surrounded by trees. Two children stand on a ledge next...
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1918
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses on snowshoes at the base of a bluff. The Hotz cottage complex, built in 1912-3, is seen atop the bluff. The complex included three co...
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Man in Snow

Date: 1912
Description: Winter scene with a bearded man standing in deep snow among birch and conifer trees at the base of the bluff at Fish Creek. He is wearing a fur hat and hea...
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After the Hunt

Date: 1920
Description: Two unidentified young men pose in the snow with their firearms behind seven dead rabbits displayed on a barbed wire fence; there are three dogs on the oth...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

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Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
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Horseback Riding

Date: 1940
Description: View towards a line of several dozen men and women, in equestrian attire and on horseback, riding single file up a hill from a large arena style building s...

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