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Log Cabin in Woods

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Description: View from hill looking down on a group of log cabins inhabited by "dam tenders" on the shore of the icebound Chippewa River. A logging dam in is in the rig...
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Dam on Duncan Creek

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Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of dam in Chippewa Falls.
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Old Mill Dam

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Description: View from shoreline of water pouring through the dam opening. There is a mill and a bridge in the background.
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New Dam

Date: 1913
Description: View looking down on construction site of a dam. Two pulley-operated hoists are erect. Men pose from the top of the dam.
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Dam Below Mirror Lake

Date: 1921
Description: Water pouring between the logs of the Mirror Lake Dam. The opposite shoreline has trees and plants covering a steep, rocky cliff.
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High Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water of a deck truss bridge over the dam at Mirror Lake. Timme Mill is on the left side of the lake. There are boats in the foreground, and th...
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High Bridge at Mirror Lake

Date: 1921
Description: View across Mirror Lake. A deck truss bridge crosses the lake high over the dam. Timme Mill, on the left side of the lake, is connected to the bridge. In t...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ...
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Scenic View

Date: 1910
Description: View of a river with a dam waterfall. A road runs along the far side of the river, and a large barn is across the road on the right. Caption reads: "Scenic...
Postcard

Dam on the Eau Claire River

Date: 1911
Description: Colorized photograph of a dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Dam on the Eau Claire River, Eau Claire, Wis."
Postcard

Hyde's Mill

Date: 1988
Description: Text on front, at the foot: "Wisconsin." The color image of Hyde's Mill has an overlay of a map of the southwest corner of Wisconsin inside a red frame. Th...
Postcard

Man on Bridge Over Spillway

Date: 1920
Description: A man is walking across a narrow suspension bridge over a spillway or dam. A typewritten note on the reverse reads: "Honey Creek, West of Sauk City, Many S...
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On the Wisconsin

Date: 09 14 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "On the Wisconsin." Wooded islands on the Wisconsin River as seen from the shore. The opposite shoreline is in the background. The pow...
Postcard

Beautiful Dam at Taliesin

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Beautiful Dam at Taliesin, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Loyd Wright. Spring Green, Wisconsin." The pond at Taliesin, the home of Fran...
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Neshonoc Falls

Date: 01 13 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Neshonoc Falls, West Salem, Wis." The Neshonoc Dam, powerhouse and spillway on the La Crosse River. The powerhouse was built after 18...

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