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Pathfinder on Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car parked on a bridge. Under the bridge is a stream with a small waterfall. Two women are sta...
Photograph

Bear Trap Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of people at Bear Trap Falls in the Wolf River near Keshena. People are standing on the shoreline on the left near a sign for the falls. A man is sta...
Photograph

Portaging at Curtain Falls

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Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
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Cable Car Over Niagara Falls

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Description: Passengers aboard a cable car prepare for their trip over Niagara Falls.
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Cable Car Over Niagara Falls

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Description: Passengers aboard a cable car begin their trip across Niagara Falls.
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 1931
Description: A group of people stand on a ledge overlooking Copper Falls.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 507-513

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Description: We tend to forget that at the time of the destruction of the forests, an emergency situation existed. The need for lumber for the building up of the...
Print

Niagara Falls

Date: 1698
Description: An illustration of two men looking out at Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls in Jean Louis Hennepin’s A new discovery of a vast country in America (London: M...
Photograph

Group of People on Footbridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a man and woman posed standing on a footbridge over a small waterfall. On the right a woman sits with a child in her lap on the...
Photograph

Fishing at the Falls

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Description: View along shoreline towards a man fishing on a river with a series of small waterfalls behind him.
Photograph

Viewing the Falls

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a group of Georgia Junior Rangers and their guides viewing the Copper Falls of the Bad River.
Photograph

Dave's Falls

Date: 1937
Description: View across water towards an unidentified man and woman sitting on rocks at the edge of the Pike River, with Dave's Falls behind them.
Postcard

Trout Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Text on front reads: "Trout Falls, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of river. On the left bank at the base of the falls is an open-sided stilt structure wi...

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