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| Description: | View from the water of the beach at the Ravenswood Hotel. A group of people are in the water and along the shoreline. There is a tour boat tied up along th... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Group of tourists and crew members on the bow deck of the DELL QUEEN, an excursion boat that operated on the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells. |
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| Description: | A Native American Indian in native dress, including a beaded bandolier and feathered headdress, gazing out to the Wisconsin River. He is standing on a rock... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | View across water towards a two-level flat bottom steam excursion boat. Tourists are on the upper deck. In the background is a tree-lined shoreline. Captio... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn. A canoe is along the shoreline in the foreground, and excursion boats ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At The Head of The Narrows, Dells of The Wisconsin River." A channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. T... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Clipper 'Winnebago' at the Lower Jaws of the Dells showing Alligator Rock on the upper right hand corner." A ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Pulpit Rock and Baby Grand Piano. The Ducks, Wisconsin Dells." Text on the "Duck" reads: "Amazing Land and Water Dells Tours." The na... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Wisconsin at Chimney Rock, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat full of visitors on the Wisconsin River at the formation named Chim... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Yellow Thunder at Chimney Rock. Olson Boat Company." The tour boat "Yellow Thunder" with visitors viewing Chimney Rock, a formation o... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "North Star at Chimney Rock." The tour boat "North Star" with visitors viewing Chimney Rock, a formation on the shore of the Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "Up the River from the Mouth of Cold Water Cañon, Wisconsin Dells." Two children are on a rock shelf on the lower right, gazing at... |
| Date: | 07 13 1939 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The River from Cold Water Canyon Entrance, Dells of the Wisconsin River." An excursion boat seen from entrance to Cold Water Canyon. ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamer Rounding Devil's Elbow, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "This right angle bend in the river is known as the Devil'... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At the Hawk's Bill, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." Tour boats filled with sightseers on the Wisconsin River. Trees are clinging on the side o... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "High Rock from Romance Cliff. Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "High Rock from Romance Cliff.–This is the imposing 'Lower J... |
| Date: | 10 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lone Rock. Lower Dells, Wis." The tour boat "Josephine" from the Dells Boat Company glides past an island rock formation. Trees and f... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Lone Rock. Lower Dells of the Wisconsin River. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." A tour boat glides past an island rock formation, with ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock wi... |
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