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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of a concrete bridge over a river. There is a boat near wooden pilings that stretch from the shoreline to the center... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of an open hay field with stacks of hay. The farmer in the right foreground is working on a haystack. Caption reads: "The 'Drumm... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard (with colored sky) of farmers in a tobacco field ready for harvest. Caption reads: "Tobacco Field, Near Edgerton, Wis... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "A Birch Bark Indian Home, Greetings from Rice Lake, Wis." A Native American family of five is seated in front of their birch bark wig... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamboat Rock, Richland Center, Wis." A large formation, crowned with trees, juts over a dirt road. An automobile is on the road on ... |
| Date: | 07 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Natural Gateway, Rockridge, Near Richland Center, Wis." An automobile is driving on a dirt road between two large rock outcroppings. ... |
| Date: | 06 18 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Messengers Shore, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis." Cottages and piers on the rocky shore of Devil's Lake. Tree-covered bluffs rise behind the... |
| Date: | 07 12 1910 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 09 14 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Devils [sic] Lake, Baraboo, Wis." An elevated view of the lake from the bluffs. Trees and rocks are on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Sister Bay, near Sturgeon Bay, Wis." and "In Door County 'Cherryland,' the Nation's Largest Cherry Producer." Sister Bay from a rocky beach... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Trout Falls, Near Sparta, Wis." Elevated view of river. On the left bank at the base of the falls is an open-sided stilt structure wi... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Exterior view of the southern elevation of Hillside Home School, designed by F... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Three boys are posing in front of the school. The Hillside Home School was des... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Indian Canoe" and "Greetings from Tomah, Wis." On reverse: "Camp of berry-pickers, man, wife, and children. Camp site on a beautiful ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Hogs Back, Tomahawk, Wis." The Hogs Back is a tree covered peninsula on Lake Mohawksin, also the former name of Bradley Park. A r... |
| Date: | 01 13 1907 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 26 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Black Hawk's Head, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "Up stream, after passing High Rock and Chimney Rock, on the right hand... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamer Rounding Devil's Elbow, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "This right angle bend in the river is known as the Devil'... |
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