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H.H. Bennett and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: View up the river from behind Gates Ravine. There is a boat and dark tent at the edge of the river. H.H. Bennett is sitting on rowboat with his wetplate te...
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Bennett Studio

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Description: Bennett Studio, 200 block of Broadway, Kilbourn, Wisconsin. Post office next door.
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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H.H. Bennett at Sugar Bowl

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Description: View down sandy beach towards H.H. Bennett and Ruth Bennett on shore near Sugar Bowl. H.H. Bennett is holding a camera over his shoulder. There is an unide...
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Dahl and Amundsen Families

Date: 1883
Description: The right half of an albumen stereograph of the Dahl and Amundsen families in front of the Amundsen home in Lodi, Wisconsin. From left to right seated are ...
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Office at the Bennett Studio

Date: 1957
Description: Dorothy Phelps and Ruth Bennett Dyer have lunch in the office at the Bennett Studio as Miriam Bennett looks on.
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Baby Huey from the Audience

Date: 04 24 1970
Description: Chicago R&B act Baby Huey mid-performance viewed from the audience. The band was made up of a three man horn section, electric guitar, drums, congas, elect...
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Grateful Dead Performing

Date: 04 26 1970
Description: The Grateful Dead featuring Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia, performing on stage with the sun setting behind them. Ron ...
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"The Mud King"

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A bearded young man, Michael McCormick of Madison, was crowned the "The Mud King." He is covered in dark mud from the banks of nearby Rowan Creek holding a...
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Robert Leslie and Barbara Swenson of Northern Comfort

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A high point of the weekend was the marriage on Sunday of Robert Leslie and Barbara Swenson of the band Northern Comfort. Overhead view of the couple, eith...
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H.H. Bennett's Wedding Portrait

Date: 03 25 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of formally-dressed Henry Hamilton Bennett. This is his wedding portrait, which was made when he married Eva...
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Bennett on Platform in the Wisconsin River

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Description: Henry Hamilton Bennett stands with his camera on a platform. He built the platform in order to take photographs of passengers in the boats that toured the ...
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Miriam Bennett Working in Studio

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of Miriam Bennett working on a photographic print at the Bennett studio. Possibly taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer or Oliver Reese.
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In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — On the Way to Stand Rock #90

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Description: Stereograph of Bennett's crew hauling a portable darkroom through a pond of water. They are on their way to Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among th...
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H.H. Bennett with Camera near Steamboat Rock

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Description: Stereograph of H.H. Bennett manning his camera on shore near Steamboat Rock. A woman is in a canoe near the shoreline, and a man is reading a book on the f...
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Mrs. A.S. Richards

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Description: Stereograph of Mrs. A.S. Richards posing with a camera and tripod over her shoulder among boulders. There is a box, probably holding glass-plate negatives,...
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John Trumble with Camera

Date: 1958
Description: Wisconsin Dells commercial photographer, John Trumble, with his Hasselblad. He is standing in front of Hurlbut Creek, probably in spring. Jack Grey, head o...
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Fast Film Finishing at Trumble's Dell Photography

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Description: Advertisement for John Trumble's photography studio which, at the time, also included an art gallery and a store for camera supplies and antiques. The post...
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Newsletter Photo Souvenir

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Description: Front and back pages of a fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of a man (John Trumble) wearing a s...
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Newsletter Photo Souvenir

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Description: Back side of a two-fold mailer and advertisement designed by the Dells Photo Service, owned and operated by John Trumble. The opposite side shows the front...

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