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| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | A German shepherd jumps across Stand Rock as a man and child in traditional Indian apparel look on. The man is pointing to the dog. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man in motion moves toward making the leap to Stand Rock as men and women watch nearby. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Farmhouse with accommodations for tourists. There are bushes and trees in the lawn, and a bench and lawn swing. |
| Date: | 04 24 1970 |
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| Description: | Group of people outdoors behind a fence at a rock festival. |
| Date: | 07 25 1922 |
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| Description: | View across fence towards a field with bales of barley arranged in rows. A person is operating horse-drawn farm machinery in the field on the right. Farm b... |
| Date: | 12 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Dennis Bayles, his son-in-law, Le Verne Kirking, and two of the Kirking children, Ann Denise and Duane, trudging through the snow to cut pine branches from... |
| Date: | 01 1974 |
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| Description: | A harrow in a field casting a long shadow on the snow-covered ground. |
| 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: | 08 22 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 18 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "We're Looking for You in Kilbourn Every Day. Why Don't You Hurry?" On reverse: "Landscape Pennant." The postcard has a pennant on the... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 10 1913 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 07 28 1980 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Lost Canyon, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." Tourists ride in a modern day horse-drawn buggy through Lost Canyon. Rock formations towe... |
| Date: | 09 01 1955 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Tourists on the "Commander", a Wisconsin Dells tour boat on the Wisconsin River. The shores are lined with rock formations and trees. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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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