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Lovers' Lane

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Description: View up dirt road with foliage on both sides.
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Mlakar Hotel

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Description: Exterior view over railroad tracks of the Mlakar Hotel near a train station. A man sits on the porch of the hotel.
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Dennison House

Date: 1921
Description: View across railroad crossing of the Dennison House hotel. A man is sitting on the porch. The building features a widow's walk. There is a bluff in the far...
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Street Scene

Date: 1916
Description: View down driveway of two men and a woman stand on the open porch or loading dock of a building. A car is parked next to the group. There are other buildin...
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Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...
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Log Dam at Mirror Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view over dam and waterfall of a man in a bathing suit walking in the placid and shallow water above the dam. Behind him a boat is tethered along ...
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High Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th...
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High Bridge at Mirror Lake

Date: 1921
Description: View across Mirror Lake. A deck truss bridge crosses the lake high over the dam. Timme Mill, on the left side of the lake, is connected to the bridge. In t...
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Looking up Mirror Lake from High Bridge

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Description: An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants...
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Scene at Congress Hall

Date: 1925
Description: Rock formations at Congress Hall on the Dell View Resort property.
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Entrance to Congress Hall

Date: 1925
Description: A man and woman pose at the wooden walkway among the rock formations of Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property.
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The Narrows in Congress Hall

Date: 1925
Description: View down a narrow wooden walkway through rock formations at Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property.
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High Rock

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Description: View across double set of railroad tracks and field towards steep bluff with exposed rock.
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View from Kirkland Hotel

Date: 1922
Description: View of Devil's Lake from the shore of the Kirkland Hotel, located at the southeast corner of the lake. There is building, perhaps a boathouse, on the shor...
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Shot Tower Tunnel

Date: 1920
Description: Entrance of the tunnel to the bottom of the shot tower. There is graffiti around the entrance.
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Lovers' Lane

Date: 1920
Description: A pedestrian path along the Wisconsin River. An advertisement for J.M. Brophy general store is painted on the rock formations along the path.
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Rock Scenery Near Rockbridge and Hub City

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Description: View across dirt road of two men standing on a tree stump halfway up the side of a rocky bluff. Trees grow along the sides and top of the bluff. In the bac...
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Main Street, Looking North

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Description: View down center of Main Street. Unidentified buildings are on the left, with a stack of barrels in front. A building with a public phone is next door. Two...
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Scenic View on the "Narrow Gauge"

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Description: View down middle of narrow gauge railroad track. On the right is exposed rock on side of tree-lined hill.
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Howard White Thunder — Winnebago Indian Guide — At The Dells

Date: 1929
Description: View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He...

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