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| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of exterior of the Honeymoon Cottage in Effinger Park. It features a screened porch. There are two other cottages behind it. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of buildings in Effinger Park. A dirt road leads up to the house where two cars are parked. There is a picnic table and a large tree in the f... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | A cylinder-shaped cement building with an open door in a rural area. In front of the building is a picnic table, and on the right an automobile is parked n... |
| Date: | 08 1909 |
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| Description: | View of trees and dirt road in Oak Park. Caption reads: "Oak Park, Army Lake, Wis." |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Lake Wisconsin at Summerville Park. Boathouses, docks and fishing boats are along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | This map shows the locations of many scenic areas in La Crosse, Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Grant, and Iowa Counties. On the front side of the map, there i... |
| Date: | 05 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from riverbank of a family enjoying a canoe ride on the Wisconsin River, in Tower Hill State Park. The trees are thick on both shorelines. |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | Five children in snow tubes are returning to the top of the hill by hanging onto the tow rope. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Copper Falls plunging over rocks on the Bad River in Copper Falls State Park. |
| Date: | 12 13 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View from Devil's Doorway. Devil's Lake, Wis." Elevated view of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's L... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bradley Park, Tomahawk, Wis." The shelter house in Bradley Park with a rubble stone chimney, surrounded by trees. Mirror Lake can be ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Sioux River." On reverse: "Big Rock on Sioux River. Washburn, Wisconsin. A thrilling day of trout fishing and picnicking at the Big R... |
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