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Individuals on Stand Rock

Date: 1880
Description: Four unidentified individuals on Stand Rock.
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Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
Poster

Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine

Date: 1844
Description: Hunters using rifles to kill buffalo (Plate 11).

"This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practiced by all the voyageurs on the Missou...

Postcard

Man in Boat on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi."
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Camping Party at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1876
Description: A camping party rests at the top of a bluff at Devil's Lake State Park.
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Fishermen on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: Two fishermen in a boat on the Ohio River.
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Three Ho-Chunk Men Standing on a Rock Face

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Description: View looking up towards three Ho-Chunk men posing standing on a rock face near the top of a rock pillar near a tall tree. Two men are wearing hats and the ...
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Y.M.C.A. Hiking Group

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Description: A Y.M.C.A. hiking group of men and boys posed standing on the edge of a sandy drop in a field. A house and trees are in the background. Most of the group i...
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African-Americans In Camp Area

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A crowd of African-American men standing and sitting in the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival before most of the audience arrives.
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Sound Storm Camping Area

Date: 04 23 1970
Description: Camping site with Volkswagen vans and tents. People are milling around the camping area of the Sound Storm music festival. "Speed Kills" is painted on the ...
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Horseback Riding Meet

Date: 10 06 1963
Description: Men and women with horse trailers gather beneath Castle Rock. The group gathered there for a western-style horseback riding meet.
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Luncheon Hall

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Description: Stereograph of the Bennetts having a picnic in Luncheon Hall near Stand Rock. From left to right are Evaline Marshall Bennett, Miriam Bennett, John Bennett...
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Rowboat and Water Scene

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Description: View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are hou...
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Long View of Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View of Alma across river from sandbar. A rowboat is on the sandbar, and on the right a father and child are standing posed each with one foot on a log.
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Young People in Rowboat on River

Date: 1885
Description: Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella...
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Christmas Postcard of Young People in Rowboat

Date: 1895
Description: Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ...
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View of Alma, Wisconsin from the Mississippi River

Date: 1897
Description: View of Alma from the Mississippi River, with wing dam on right.
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Boys Undressing to Go Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background.
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Mississippi River View and Bluff

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Description: Man standing on bluff with Mississippi River far below in the background.
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Parade through Cemetery

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: View of a parade traveling through a cemetery. Beyond, barns and farmhouses can be seen.

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