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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Sugar Bowl rock formation. In the foreground is a man in rowboat with the name "Hattie" painted on its side. The river is smooth as glass, and on the oppos...
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Park Hotel, Kilbourn

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Description: External view of Park Hotel, Kilbourn, with men sitting on the veranda.
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Children at Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: Children at fountain on Broadway and Superior. Two girls are sitting in a pony-cart, a girl is looking through a railing with a dog, while a boy is filling...
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View From Sherman House

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Description: View from the Sherman House overlooking expansive lawn and river.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village wearing a headdress in front of a teepee.
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Fountain on Broadway

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Description: Two men are standing by the fountain on Broadway, which is topped by a statue. A horse and carriage are parked next to the fountain, and a dog is relaxing ...
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Hile House Hotel

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Description: View across road towards the Hile House Hotel. There is a belvedere in the center of the roof.
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Glen Cottage-Crandall Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of the Glen Cottage-Crandall Hotel. A carriage is parked under trees on the right.
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Pipe Dyer's Trading Post

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Description: Two men and one woman in Native American costume stand near a fence and a U.S. flag outside the entrance of Pipe Dyer's Trading Post in Fort Dells. There a...
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Entrance to Schofield Cottage Hotel

Date: 1929
Description: A group portrait at the entrance to the Schofield Hotel. A man and five women pose near a parked car at the hotel entrance sign. The sign listed J.A. Smith...
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Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1927
Description: A man and woman sit on a bench outside a cabin at the Dells Farm Resort. A chair, hammock, lawn swing and table are on the lawn.
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Bennett House

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Description: Two women and a girl in the fenced yard at the Bennett House. One of the woman may be Harriet Bennett. The girl is holding a dog.
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Fernwood — Residence of Colonel Schofield

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Description: Exterior view from road towards Colonel Schofield's residence. A man and two women are sitting on the porch, and a person and a horse are standing at the g...
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Pueblo Home — Parsons Indian Village

Date: 1932
Description: Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on...
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Tennis Court at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: The Coldwater Canyon Hotel tennis court, with two men playing tennis.
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Log Cabin — Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Guest log cabin in a wooded area at the Birchwood Hotel.
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Cottage at the "Black Oaks at the Dells"

Date: 1927
Description: Guest cottage built of brick with swing in the yard.
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Cottage at Dells Farm Resort

Date: 1926
Description: Small cottage with guests sitting in the yard. A young boy sits in a hammock. Two other boys sit on a lawn swing. The leg of another person is on the left ...
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Swimming Pool at Meadow Brook Resort

Date: 1933
Description: Three woman bathers in the in-ground swimming pool. Each corner has an electric lamppost. There is a water tower on a hilltop in the distance.

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