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Canal at Portage

Date: 1910
Description: View down the canal, with buildings along the shoreline, and a boat coming down the canal.
Drawing

Wooden Well in Dekorra

Date: 1850
Description: Black and white ink drawing of an old wooden well.
Photograph

Gallery Covered in Ivy

Date: 
Description: Small building completely covered in ivy, with a chimney projecting at the top left side of the roof.
Photograph

Stone Chapel in Durwards Glen

Date: 1935
Description: Stone chapel in Durwards Glen. View from ground level, partly obscured by bushes.
Postcard

St. Camillus Novitiate in Durwards Glen

Date: 1945
Description: View across grounds toward the St. Camillus Novitiate and the footpath leading to it. Waukesha in process. Caption reads: "St. Camillus Novitiate in Durwar...
Photograph

Monument

Date: 1915
Description: A monument erected to "the memory of our historic dead" erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1915.
Photograph

Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery

Date: 1915
Description: The sign on the gate reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery". Overgrown plants surround the fence and gate.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 02 05 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a...
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the Portage Canal. In the immediate foreground is the Fox River, then the lower locks and the canal itself. The Indian Agency House may be seen t...
Photograph

Marker, Oshaukuta

Date: 1940
Description: A marker at the site of the former village of Oshaukuta on Highway 51, north of Portage. The marker states: "This tablet marks the site where the village o...
Photograph

Statue in Field

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Description: Statue of St. Francis is in a field beyond a lawn and small vine-covered building on the right.
Photograph

Footbridge over Stream

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Description: Rustic log footbridge over a creek in the woods.
Photograph

Dells Navy Yard

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of the navy yard near Wisconsin Dells.
Photograph

Portage Hosiery

Date: 07 1966
Description: View across canal towards the back of the Portage Hosiery. Reeds and trees are along the edge of the canal. Red and pink colored liquid is floating on the ...
Photograph

Dells of Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: View of a man standing on a boardwalk in a ravine. Other people are walking along the boardwalk. A penciled note identifies the man as "RJ." Caption on rea...

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