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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Below Kilbourn log dam, 1890s. Two girls are standing on the edge of the river. There is a bridge in the background. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on second story porch and boy standing in vineyard behind small residence. A bluff is in the background. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View of Black Hawk Bluff, site of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights in the Black Hawk War. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Old Uncle Billy Johnson home at Governor Phillip's house, about six miles north of Prairie du Sac near highway 12. Portion of house, rock formation in back... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great Spirit." |
| Date: | 05 15 1894 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a log house at the base of a cliff. A man and a boy pose in front of the house. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from shoreline of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells as seen from the "Old Dell House." A canoe is visible on the shore on the far r... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from shoreline of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells. A sandy beach area is on the right, and rock formations are on both sides of t... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated panoramic view of a section of the Wisconsin Dells and the Wisconsin River visible from the "Sliding Rock." In the lower left hand corner the word... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View down road lined with trees in Egypt. A group of Egyptians are standing and sitting between the trees and the river, and travelers on the road are walk... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | On the right a mailman is standing with his horse and cart. The cart is labeled "RFD Route No.1" and "U.S. Mail." Members of his family, one boy and one gi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Young man sitting on a large rock called the “Devil's Chair” in Rattlesnake Hollow. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from bluffs, looking north-east toward Lake City, Minnesota and Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view from the bluffs looking down over a town. A man is standing on the edge of the side of the formation, about halfway up, above treeline, an... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view upriver towards a railroad bridge crossing the river. Rocks are in the foreground in the middle of the river. Identified as the bridge across... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view upriver towards a bridge and dam. Two people are walking among the rocks on the lower right. Identified as the railroad bridge across the Bla... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a house on the banks of the Mississippi River at the base of rocky bluffs. Probably located between Alma and Nelson, along Beef S... |
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