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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man on the end of the raft as he prepares to pass through the water's rough rapids. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a man as he rigs a rope around a log on a lumber raft. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of men on a lumber raft holding a log vertical while other men push another log around it, creating a make-shift drill. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Painting of Paul Seifert farm showing rock formations in background and farm buildings nearby. |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch of a cross-section of the Dells of the Wisconsin River. People are in a row boat in the center. Caption at bottom: "The Dells — Wisconsin Riv... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | "Curiosities in Springdale, Wisconsin." A view of Nellie Springen, perhaps with her family, at a rocky outcropping enjoying coffee. |
| Date: | 07 1876 |
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| Description: | A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park. |
| 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: | 06 07 1894 |
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| Description: | A large cave in the rock palisade along the river. An advertisement for St. Jacobs Oil is painted above the entrance to the cave. |
| Date: | 06 08 1894 |
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| Description: | A man and woman fish at the base of a large rock formation. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Owen Geological Map of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge. |
| 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: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of clam camp with tents, clam shell debris, and wooden buildings. A bluff rises up behind the buildings. |
| Date: | 03 21 1881 |
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| Description: | Four women gather in the Diamond Grotto, a notable land form in the Wisconsin Dells. There is a rustic bridge in the foreground. |
| Date: | 03 21 1881 |
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| Description: | A man rows a small boat through Mouth Rood's Glen. Behind the boat a portable darkroom tent is set up. |
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