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Motorboating at Devils Island

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a wooden in-board motorboat on Lake Superior. Two men are in the front seat, and two bathing beauties are riding in the back wavi...
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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Wisconsin Volunteers, Lookout Mountain

Date: 04 20 1864
Description: Company D, Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Top row (left to right): John Buboltz, Spencer Orlup, J. Henry Otto, Lyman C. Wait, Andrew Jackson, W...
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Harold McCormick and his Children at Walnut Grove Farm

Date: 1922
Description: Harold F. McCormick (with cup) and his children, left to right: Muriel, Harold, Jr. and Mathilde at the Walnut Grove farm in Rockbridge County.
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Billboard at Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A billboard displays events at the foot of Bascom Hill from the bottom east side on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall with dome (form...
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Horseshoe Curve near Ableman

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Description: View of a passenger train coming down the tracks at the Horseshoe Curve. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947.
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CMSP Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #240, a type 4-4-0. On the right is a steep, rocky bank, ...
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
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Van Hise Rock

Date: 1920
Description: Van Hise Rock by Ableman's Narrows (Rock Springs), with dedication plaque. Rock Springs was called Ableman until 1947.
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Pyramid on Pyramid Lake

Date: 1902
Description: One of several pyramid rock formations from which the lake takes its name.
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Mescalero Agency Landform

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Description: Elevated view from hill of the road between the railroad and the Mescalero Agency, which is surrounded by a sixty by twenty mile section of white sands, co...
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San Xavier Mission

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Description: A view of the San Xavier Del Bac Mission and surrounding landscape, near Tucson.
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Men on Horseback

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Description: Men or cowboys on horseback at the Indian Warm Springs Agency.
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Covered Bridge on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view of railroad bridge over the river. Part of the bridge is covered. Bluffs are in the background.
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Castle Rock in Camp Douglas

Date: 1937
Description: Castle Rock. Castle Rock is an example of a monadnock or inselberg, a geological formation common in northern and central Wisconsin.
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Camp Williams Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Camp Williams Town, with many houses. In the background are bluffs.
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Dam and Bridge

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Description: Dam and bridge near Chippewa Falls, looking across the river towards a few buildings on the opposite bank. Caption at bottom reads: "View of the Dam at Chi...
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Two Medicine Bridge

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Description: Two Medicine Bridge, part of the Gulf and Northern Railroad.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.

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