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Gordon Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view, looking upstream, of water flowing through a dam. On the reverse of the print is written: "Dam built by WPA on site of old logging dam on the ...
Postcard

U.S. Government Dam and Locks No. 7

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Description: Kodachrome postcard of elevated view of a dam on the Mississippi River near La Crosse.
Postcard

Mill Dam at Oehler's Cave

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Description: Elevated view upriver toward a dam in a river, with hills in the background. A group of people are on the elevated bank on the left. Caption reads: "Mill D...
Photograph

Overlook

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd has gathered on a hilltop overlooking a large flat expanse which has been cleared of trees. A man is standing slightly downhill from the group and ...
Photograph

Rice Lake Lumber Company Base Camp — Long Lake Dam

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Description: View of a lumber camp, with several buildings in the background. A bridge spans a river near the dam site.
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Sluicing Logs Below Long Lake Dam

Date: 1905
Description: View of logs gathering in water just past a sluicing gate. Three people are standing on top of the dam.
Photograph

River View

Date: 1935
Description: View towards an unidentified woman sitting and facing away from the camera to take in the view of the St. Croix River from a high rock formation. The bridg...
Photograph

Manitowish River Dam

Date: 08 1937
Description: Elevated view of the fish hatchery building at Manitowish Waters, seen on the left, with a portion of the rooftop sign. The log dam and "fish way" are in t...
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Indian Ford Dam

Date: 06 1938
Description: View across water on a sunny day, where many anglers are fishing below the Indian Ford dam and bridge on the Rock river. Some of the men are fishing from t...
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park

Date: 07 1939
Description: View across stone dam, with water flowing through the notch at Ojibwa Roadside Park. An automobile is parked near a large stone outdoor fireplace. There is...
Photograph

Fishing in the Mill Stream

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man standing on a bank on the right, and two boys standing on a log on the left, are fishing in the mill stream below an old mill. Two b...
Postcard

Fox River Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh...
Photograph

Pewit's Nest

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Description: Elevated view stereograph of the dam at Pewit's Nest on Skillet Creek. Caption on reverse reads: "Devil's Lake and Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Pewit's Nest

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Description: Stereograph of a scene at Pewit's Nest. Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Views, Devil's Lake."
Photograph

Spillway on River

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Description: Stereograph of a spillway on a river. Above, on the hill, is a home and tents pitched behind it. An American flag is flying. Below is an excursion boat, pa...
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Fisherman by Power House and Dam

Date: 06 1962
Description: Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui...
Photograph

Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
Photograph

TD-24 — Dams & Levees

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Dams & Levees." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 owned by Hardaway Co. of Columbus, Ga. at work on the Clark ...
Postcard

Lower Dam, Mayville, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline looking toward a dam and bridge on the Rock River near Mayville. Two men are standing on the bridge. Caption reads: "Lower Dam, Mayvill...
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Upper Dam, Mayville, Wis.

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Upper Dam on the Rock River near Mayville. A church is on the hill on the left. Caption reads: "Upper Dam, Mayville, Wis."

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