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Panorama from Overhanging Rock

Date: 1900
Description: Panoramic view of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells from underneath an overhanging rocky outcropping. A canoe is beached on the far left. The word...
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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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Dam and Power Plant

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Description: Exterior of power plant and dam.
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Men on a Riverbank

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of the Merrimac and Monitor Naval Battle cyclorama, painted by Théophile Poilpot. Men are standing on a riverbank in the foreground, and a...
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Rowboat and River Guide

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Description: A river guide (possibly Clarence C. Bennett) holding an oar while posing next to his rowboat on shore.
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First Bridge at the Narrows

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Description: The first bridge over the narrows of the Wisconsin River.
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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: H.H. Bennett Pulling an Oar

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett pulling an oar on a Wisconsin raft.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: H.H. Bennett Rowing a Raft

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett pulling an oar on a Wisconsin raft.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Men Working In The Water

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of several men working at dusk, knee deep in water attending to the raft.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: The Crew

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of the raft's crew.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Men Turning Logs

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men on a lumber raft holding a log vertical while other men push another log around it, creating a make-shift drill.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Man with Rope

Date: 1886
Description: A man tying a rope around a log on a lumber raft.
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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Rowboat (Oriole) with four people in foreground near shoreline, with Sugarbowl in the background.
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Giant's Hand

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Description: View of rock formation known as Giant's Hand.
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Skylight Cave

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Description: Stereograph though Skylight Cave (in the Navy Yard) of three people in a rowboat.
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Devil's Football

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Description: Stereograph from shoreline of three people in a canoe next to the rock formation Devil's Football, near the Deep Fill.
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Sugar Bowl and Ink Stand

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Description: View of rock formations known as the Sugar Bowl and the Ink Stand.
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Dell Creek Dam

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Description: Stereograph upriver of the Dell Creek dam.
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Overhang at Black Hawk's Leap

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Description: Stereograph of the overhang at the geological formation known as Black Hawk's Leap.

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