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Bennett Family on the "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: Bennett family posing on the bow of the "Dell Queen" steamboat.
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H.H. Bennett and Tent

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Description: H.H. Bennett boat, with a dark tent and eighteen-by-twenty-two camera at a riverbank. An assistant is reclining on the edge of the river next to the boat.
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Steamboat "Germania" in Narrows

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Description: View down rock formation at Devil's Elbow towards the steamboat "Germania" at Narrows. Phyllis and Lois Crandall, and Miriam and Ruth Bennett girls are loo...
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High Rock and Romance Cliff

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Description: Miriam and Ruth Bennett holding hands stand on riverbank. High Rock and Romance Cliff beyond.
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Chimney Rock

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Description: Chimney Rock, south face. A canoe is beached on a sand bar near the foot. The river, more rock formations and trees are in the background.
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Sugar Bowl

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Description: View from sandy shoreline towards the Sugar Bowl, north side. Three people are in a rowboat at the end of the beach.
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Robinson's Landing

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Description: Up the river along the shoreline, opposite from Robinson's Landing. There is a man in a canoe in the river near the shoreline. Two women are on the protrud...
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Apollo Steamboat at Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View down rock formation towards the Apollo steamboat at the entrance to Cold Water Canyon. Two girls are posing on the rocks in the foreground look...
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Opposite Steamboat Rock. There is a canoe in the water at the sandy shoreline.
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Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl

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Description: View along sandy shoreline towards Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl, south side.
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Downstream from Channel Behind Steamboat Rock

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Description: Downstream from channel behind Steamboat Rock. Two children are standing near a rowboat in the water at the shoreline.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Throwing Rope From Raft

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Description: Two men are on a raft. One man is bending to lift a piece of wood, and the second man is throwing a rope to a third man on the shore.
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Raftsman's Series Unnumbered: Eating On Board

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Description: Stereograph of a group of raftsmen eating at a table onboard a lumber raft near the shoreline.
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Girls near High Rock and Romance Cliff

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Description: View down sandy beach towards Miriam and Ruth Bennett wading in river near Romance Cliff at a sand bar above High Rock.
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Stanley Robert McCormick

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Description: Candid outdoor photograph of a young Stanley Robert McCormick (1874-1947), son of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). Mr. McCormic...
Painting

Indian Duck Hunting

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Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1945
Description: View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from across Lake Monona with a tree, pier and boat in the foreground.
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St. Croix River

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Description: Wanigans tied to the banks of the St. Croix River among floating logs.
Postcard

Bellinger in Navy Flying Boat

Date: 1914
Description: Lieutenant Patrick N.L. Bellinger, one of the first Navy flyers, piloting a U.S. Navy flying boat during the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico. During t...
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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.

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