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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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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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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Stereograph of the Sugar Bowl, a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells, with trees growing on the top. A man in a rowboat is floating between the rock and ...
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Lone Rock

Date: 07 12 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Lone Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the right-hand side, near the shore.
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At The Head of The Narrows

Date: 08 22 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "At The Head of The Narrows, Dells of The Wisconsin River." A channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. T...
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The Hiawatha

Date: 1942
Description: Text on front: "The Hiawatha. Crossing the Wisconsin River at the 'Dells'." On reverse: "The Scenic Route. The Milwaukee Road is the only double tracked ro...
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Overhanging Rock

Date: 04 10 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Overhanging Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View of the Wisconsin River from under a rock shelf. The shoreline in the foreground...
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Rattlesnake Rock

Date: 1943
Description: Text on front reads: "Rattlesnake Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "Up stream from the Narrows, on the left bank, is Rattlesnake Rock. Look...
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Original Dells Duck Tour

Date: 09 01 1955
Description: Text on reverse reads: "The Original Dells Duck Tour. After descending the rock walled, fern covered trails, your Duck enters the beautiful Lower Dells of ...
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Dells Boat Tour

Date: 1950
Description: Tourists on the "Commander", a Wisconsin Dells tour boat on the Wisconsin River. The shores are lined with rock formations and trees.
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Old Bridge and Dell House

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Old Bridge and Dell House, built in 1837, Wisconsin Dells." The Dell Bridge, first to span the Wisconsin River at the Narrows, was bu...
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View Folder of Postcards

Date: 1938
Description: Text reads: "The Dells of the Wisconsin River. The Jaws of the Dells." The mailing side of a souvenir view folder containing nine accordion folded, double-...
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View Folder of Postcards

Date: 1936
Description: Text reads: "Indians of Wisconsin Dells. The Sentinel." The mailing side of a souvenir view folder containing eight accordion folded, double-sided color im...
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Clipper "Winnebago"

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Clipper 'Winnebago' at the Lower Jaws of the Dells showing Alligator Rock on the upper right hand corner." A ...
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Alligator Rocks

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Alligator Rocks, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Rock formations that resemble alligators on the shores of the tree-lined Wisconsin Ri...
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Alligator Rocks

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Alligator Rocks, Dells of The Wisconsin River." Rock formations that resemble alligators on the shores of the tree-lined Wisconsin Ri...
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Springtime in Artist's Glen

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Springtime in Artist's Glen, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Trees and flowers surround a stream with a rocky bank.
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Chimney Rock and Romance Cliff

Date: 09 04 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Chimney Rock and Romance Cliff, Delle of the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn, Wis." Rock formations and trees line the river, and a sandb...
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Pulpit Rock and Baby Grand Piano

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Pulpit Rock and Baby Grand Piano. The Ducks, Wisconsin Dells." Text on the "Duck" reads: "Amazing Land and Water Dells Tours." The na...
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Black Hawk's Head

Date: 08 26 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Black Hawk's Head, Picturesque Wisconsin Dells." On reverse: "Perhaps in no other place in America does Nature offer such a lavish ar...

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