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Pewit's Nest

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Description: Man and woman sitting on logs near the water line at Pewit's Nest. Wooden debris on ground and attached to rock face. A small waterfall is in background.
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Cleopatra's Needle

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Description: Devil's Lake Vicinity, Cleopatra's Needle. A man is standing on top of the needle.
Postcard

Canfield Hop House

Date: 1900
Description: Old Canfield Hop House, exterior of building. Text reads: "Of the many fantastic hop - houses, this one alone remains a relic of the famous days of Sauk Co...
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Falls at Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in the foreground, and a man and woman sit on a log over the stream in the background at the Parfrey's Glen waterfall near Devil's Lake.
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Old Settlers' Association Treehouse Cabin

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of bark-clad cabin near Devil's Lake. The cabin has wooden steps leading up to the second floor and is surrounded by trees. The lake can be seen i...
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Below the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Two women stand on a ledge at Skillet Falls.
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Devil's Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Two women wearing long dresses pose on a large boulder at the base of a rock formation in a shady glen.
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Probably Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Seven women and a man pose on a large boulder in front of a wall-like rock formation, probably in Parfrey's Glen.
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Wooded Marshland

Date: 09 04 1961
Description: A wooded marshland as seen from Durward's Glen Road. In the center distance, a house and outbuildings can be seen.
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Garden and Two-Story Frame House

Date: 1930
Description: A spring view of a large garden with tulips and ornamental trees in bloom. There is a bench and trellis in the garden. A two-story frame house with a large...
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McFetridge House

Date: 1935
Description: The Tudor Style stone and stucco home of E.P. McFetridge, president of the Island Woolen Mill Company.
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Young Woman

Date: 1915
Description: A young woman sits on a log which lies over a stream bed in a wooded area.
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Boat Landing at Devil's Lake

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Description: Boats park at a landing on Devil's Lake. The small wooden structure stands among trees at the shore.
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Devil's Lake

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Description: Elevated view from rocks overlooking a valley toward Devil's Lake. Several houses are near a road that leads to the shoreline.
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Entrance to Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Entrance to Cold Water Canyon near Wisconsin Dells. In the foreground is a wooden walkway across the water.
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Lewis Arms at Devil's Lake

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Description: Lewis Arms and friends perch on a bluff overlooking Devil's Lake. From left to right are: Arms, Eddie Elvord (Alvord?), Mary Rogers, and George Green (Gree...
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Elinora, Nellie Arms and Bonnie Childs

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Description: Posing together from left to right are Elinora, Nellie Arms (aunt of Lewis Arms), and Bonnie Childs. They are at Nellie and Bernard Arms's farm. There is a...
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Nellie Arms and Her Cat

Date: 10 24 1954
Description: Nellie Arms, aunt of Lewis Arms, holds a cat outdoors at the farm she shared with her husband Bernard.
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Tuffy and the '49 Pontiac

Date: 1955
Description: Bernard Arms's dog Tuffy plays outdoors, with Lewis Arms' 1949 Pontiac automobile parked in the grass in the background.
Postcard

Elephant Rock, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1933
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called Elephant Rock in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees, shrubs and foliage can be seen all around. Bluffs and sky ...

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