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"Dell Queen" at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: "Dell Queen" steamboat and passengers at Cold Water Canyon.
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Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Entrance of Cold Water Canyon, with small boats along the shoreline on the right.
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Eaton Grotto

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Description: Elevated view from rock of Eaton Grotto. On the river is a steamboat with passengers. People are standing on a dock at river's edge.
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Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the "Alexander Mitchell"

Date: 1888
Description: Members of the Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the Alexander Mitchell steamboat in the Dells. Members of the group include: Minnie Smith, Mary Sterlie, Ru...
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Bridge Boat Landing

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Description: Bridge boat landing, with a dog standing in the foreground near a shoreline with a pier and a boat. There is a bridge across the water on the left, and tre...
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Tony Wise on a Boat

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Anthony Wise in a necktie and hat standing next to a Native American wearing a feather headress, on a boat adjacent to a dock.
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Four Water Skiers

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Description: Four female water skiers posed in profile in white bathing suits on a pier or floating raft. Three stand on a ladder so they appear in a vertical column. O...
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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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Swimmers on the Pier at Camp

Date: 1930
Description: Hand-colored image of two swimmers sitting on a pier with their legs in the water at a camp in West Point sponsored by Neighborhood House. Several other sw...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Pajama Race Swimmer

Date: 07 1942
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House of a boys summer camp, with an image of Skip Sul?(obscured letters) participating in a game involving tak...
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Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park

Date: 1926
Description: Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline.
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Fishin's Good at Golden Rule Park

Date: 1927
Description: View from shoreline of a pair of men fishing in a lake. Another rowboat is tied at a pier in the foreground. On the far shoreline are cottages and trees.
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Howard White Thunder — Winnebago Indian Guide — At The Dells

Date: 1929
Description: View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He...
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Boat Landing at Congress Hill Canyon on Lake Delton

Date: 1927
Description: Four people, two men and two women, stand on a pier near an excursion boat on Lake Delton. A sign with flags is on top of the boat and reads: "Lake and Riv...
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View of Pine Grove Hotel from Opposite Shore "On the River"

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of the Pine Grove Hotel and Resort from the opposite shore of the Wisconsin River. An excursion boat is passing by. Rock formations are along...
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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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Fishing is Great at Fall River

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Description: Tall-tale postcard showing three men fishing off a pier, with two of the men holding fishing poles and two gigantic fish rising out of the water. A buildin...
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At the Dells

Date: 1926
Description: Members of the extended Brumder family pose on a pier at the Wisconsin Dells. A motor launch with "Olson Boat Co" painted on the side is moored at the pier...
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Tour Boat "Josephine"

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock wi...
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The Pines

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be...

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