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"Dell Queen" Entering the Narrows

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the "Dell Queen" entering the Narrows via Devil's Elbow as Hattie and Nellie Bennett look on from an overlook on the shoreline.
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Visor Ledge

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Description: Evaline Marshall Bennett, unidentified person, Miriam Bennett, and Ruth Bennett sitting and standing on the Visor Ledge.
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Boulders near Devil's Doorway

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Description: Devil's Lake vicinity; Boulders on top of cliff, at foot of Devil's Doorway; man on the left.
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Man on Visor Ledge

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Description: Visor Ledge, man sitting on edge.
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Devil's Lake, Cleft Rock

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Description: Devil's Lake vicinity; a young man is sitting on rocks in front of Cleft Rock on East Bluff.
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Hornet's Nest

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Description: West side of Hornet's Nest. One man sitting on top edge, one sitting at right under overhang, three in background below overhang.
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Cleopatra's Needle

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity; Cleopatra's Needle in Wonder Notch. There is a man standing on a rock outcropping beside the Needle.
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Man on Rocks Below Devil's Doorway

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity; boulder on top of a cliff at the foot of Devil's Doorway. There is a man sitting on a rock ledge.
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Cleft Rock

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity; Cleft Rock on East Bluff. There is a man sitting on the rocks on the right. There is a second man peering through a rock gap at the ...
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Pillar Rock, Fort Danger

Date: 07 1873
Description: Adams and Juneau Counties. Pillar Rock, Fort Danger. There is a man with an 8 x 10 camera in the foreground.
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Mouth of Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View towards a man in a rowboat at the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Up from the foot of the cliff at the mouth Witches' Gulch. Two women are posing sitting on the right. There is a third person in the lower left-hand corner...
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Cleopatra's Needle

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity, Cleopatra's Needle. A man is standing on top of the needle.
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Narrows, High Water

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Description: A group of people are standing on the Narrows looking at the high water. An inscription by Dells pilot Leroy Gates is visible across the river.
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Girl on High Rock

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Description: View towards High Rock from a cliff, looking down on the Wisconsin River. There is a young girl posing sitting in the foreground on the edge of the rock.
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Angel Rock

Date: 1900
Description: View along rockface shoreline towards a woman and two children sitting on Angel Rock. Along a cliff along the opposite shoreline are buildings and a bridge...
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High Rock and Romance Cliff

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Description: High Rock and Romance Cliff from bar above. Miriam and Ruth Bennett are standing at the sandy edge of the river holding hands. An open umbrella is laying n...
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Robinson's Landing

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Description: Up the river along the shoreline, opposite from Robinson's Landing. There is a man in a canoe in the river near the shoreline. Two women are on the protrud...
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Apollo Steamboat at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View down rock formation towards the Apollo steamboat at the entrance to Cold Water Canyon. Two girls are posing on the rocks in the foreground look...
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Devil's Post Office

Date: 1903
Description: Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake. Miriam Bennett is inside of the Devil's Post Office looking out.

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