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Greetings from Pine Grove Hotel "On the River"

Date: 1926
Description: Composite postcard with eight images of the Pine Grove Hotel and cottages, and views of the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Greetings from Pine Grove Hote...
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Grounds at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of the pines on the grounds of Ravenswood. Benches are set along a stone-lined path and an automobile is parked behind the trees on the right...
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Ravenswood Hotel

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Description: View looking up the stone steps leading up to the Ravenswood Hotel, obscured by trees at the top of the hill. Two women are sitting on the stone wall on th...
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Terraces at Ravenswood Hotel

Date: 1931
Description: Stone terraces at the Ravenswood Hotel. In the foreground are flowers, some potted, in a raised bed. Two more stone walls are on the hill in the background...
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Restwood Cabins — Highway 12-16

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Description: Group of small cabins on a slope, with a picnic table on the left, and an automobile on the right. A group of three women and two men posed in front of the...
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Restwood Cabins — Highway 12-16

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Description: Texaco station, with an automobile parked next to the a stone building which has two pumps, at Restwood Cabins. Cabins surround the station, and there is a...
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Young Native American at the Wisconsin River

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Description: A Native American Indian in native dress, including a beaded bandolier and feathered headdress, gazing out to the Wisconsin River. He is standing on a rock...
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Native American Boy on a Rock on the Wisconsin River

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Description: A young Native American Indian boy in traditional dress is posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. In the background is a steamboat on the ri...
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Group of Native American Men and Boys

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Description: Group portrait of older men, with younger men and a boy, posing on a rock formation above the Wisconsin River. They are all wearing traditional clothing, i...
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August Derleth

Date: 1941
Description: August Derleth posing on a boat tied up to a pier on the Wisconsin River. With him are Ruth Marshall (seated), another woman, and a dog. Four men are stand...
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Sound Storm Rock Festival

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Group of men and women sitting on the ground and working on equipment at the "Sound Storm" rock festival. Trucks and automobiles are parked in the backgrou...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 03 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers on the lower level are posing standing. There i...
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Alexander Mitchell at Canyon

Date: 09 04 1882
Description: Elevated view across water towards the steamboat Alexander Mitchell moored in the canyon along the shoreline. Captain Dave and passengers are posing...
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Alexander Mitchell

Date: 07 14 1883
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell docked at the edge of the river. Captain Dave and passengers are posing on board. B...
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White Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A mature white oak with multiple large branches standing in the backyard of the Robert Carberry house on Millston Avenue. The rear of the house and a bird ...
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Dumping Grounds

Date: 1968
Description: Solid waste, some of it burned, scattered on the ground in a landfill next to a road along the left side. In the background are trees and a hill.
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Wawbeek Summer Home

Date: 1908
Description: Kitty Greene Upham's summer home "Wawbeek" on a hill near Kilbourn.
Postcard

"On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway"

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn. A canoe is along the shoreline in the foreground, and excursion boats ...
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Native American Indian drummers, dressed in ceremonial clothing and headdresses, are lined up and walking up a path.

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