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Devils Island

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Description: Devils Island on Lake Superior, outermost of the Apostle Islands group. There appears to be the edge of a boat in the foreground.
Photograph

Men On Bluffs Over Fountain City

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Description: Two men posing on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Fountain City. Fountain Brewery is visible at bottom right.
Photograph

Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.
Photograph

View of Residential Section, Eau Claire

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Description: Elevated view of the residential section of Eau Claire from Mount Tom.
Postcard

Fountain City

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of Fountain City with the Mississippi River in the background.
Photograph

Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: View of the Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff.
Photograph

Loading Wounded onto Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are being loaded onto a hospital ship in Iwo Jima.
Photograph

Rock Formation

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: A large rock outcropping covered with trees and plants on a rocky beach of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Wisconsin River

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Description: View of the Wisconsin River and the surrounding geological landforms.
Photograph

Island and Boat Scene

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Description: Elevated view from Hubinger's Island featuring other islands, homes, and a boat.
Photograph

Plan of Plimouth Including Bays, Harbors and Islands . . .

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Description: Hand-drawn map of the area at the time of Pilgrim landing, drawn by Charles Blaskowikz. Includes commemorative historical notes.
Photograph

House on Nebraska Row, Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor...
Photograph

Rock Island

Date: 1924
Description: Rock Island bluff as seen from the water.
Photograph

Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking north, from the Hotz family compound near the bluff entrance to Fish Creek. Evergreens and bare birch trees stand in the foreground,...
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View looking north over Fish Creek Bay, with Hen Island and Peninsula State Park in the background. There is snow on the ground, and evergreens and bare bi...
Photograph

Hen Island

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view over a heavily wooded area to Fish Creek Harbor and Hen Island, with Peninsula State Park in the background.
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America: with the British and Spanish Territories, According to the Treaty, of 1784

Date: 1785
Description: Map of part of North America engraved and hand-colored (the light brown design is a superposition of the map and cartouche derived from the oxidation of th...
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced aerial view of the village of DeSoto, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, ...
Postcard

A View of DeSoto, Wis. from the Cliff South of Town

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of De Soto, taken from the cliff south of town, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "A Vie...

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