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Mirror Lake Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Mirror Lake Mill with bridge in foreground. Two women are standing on the bridge looking down at the river.
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Women and Child at Spring

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Description: Five women and a child walk across a plank bridge to the spring at Rock Spring Park. The woman third from the left is Laura Jones.
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Cattle Grazing in a Valley

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Description: View looking down on cattle grazing in a valley, with a rancher sitting on his horse in the left foreground. Trees span the middle distance, with a view of...
Postcard

Stone Face, Devil's Lake

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Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Stone Face in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees and shrubs can be seen all around. A man is standing to th...
Postcard

Great Stone Face, Devil's Lake

Date: 07 13 1906
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the rock formation called the Great Stone Face in Devil's Lake State Park. A man is standing to the right of the "...
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Picnic Grounds at Spring, Blue Mounds

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Description: Photographic postcard of picnic grounds at a spring in Blue Mounds State Park. The spring is running out of a brick catch basin on the right. A woman weari...
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Dennison House

Date: 1921
Description: View across railroad crossing of the Dennison House hotel. A man is sitting on the porch. The building features a widow's walk. There is a bluff in the far...
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High Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children are sitting and standing in a cranberry bog, with Castle Mound in the background. A number of crates are scattered throughout the...
Print

E.L. Burwell Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of E.L. Burrell, mill and factory sale agent in Madison, Wisconsin, with a center halftone image of Wisconsin Dells with a drawn-in group of men...
Postcard

Just Arrived

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Description: Photographic postcard of passenger train cars that have just arrived. A crowd of people are lined up waiting for the passengers to disembark, and some are ...
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Toft Point

Date: 1942
Description: View from rocky shoreline of two men fishing from a small boat near Toft Point.
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From the Top of High Rock

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Description: Ruth or Miriam Bennett in a plaid dress and hat sitting on top of High Rock. Chimney Rock is located below, on the right side of the river.
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Wonders of the Rocky Rock — Indian Pass #189

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Description: An unidentified bearded man, holding a rifle as a walking stick, and his dog, in front of a rock formation. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders an...
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Wonders of the Rocky Rock — Hermit's Home #190

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Description: A man holding a rifle sits with his dog in front of a rock formation. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Rock Scenery Near Rockbridge and Hub City

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Description: View across dirt road of two men standing on a tree stump halfway up the side of a rocky bluff. Trees grow along the sides and top of the bluff. In the bac...
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Ensemble of the Diggings at Ali Bacha

Date: 03 23 1927
Description: Ensemble of diggings at Ali Bacha. View looking downhill towards three men working on an archaeological excavation in Algeria, Africa. On the left an indig...
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Drive at the Narrows

Date: 1905
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing in a roadway through "the narrows." In the background is a steep ridge. Also in the background are stacks of wood ...
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Large Talus Rocks

Date: 1920
Description: View towards hillside with an outcropping of large talus rocks surrounded by trees near Castle Rock village. In the foreground is what appears to be a dirt...
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Group of People Posing Under Ledge

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Description: Four women, an infant, and a man are posed sitting together on a grassy ledge under a rock ledge. Above them are trees and tree roots.

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