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Big Bear in Diamond Grotto

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Description: Big Bear (a Ho-Chunk Man) sitting on the ground in front of Diamond Grotto.
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Witches' Gulch Tourist Stand

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Description: View out Witches' Gulch of tourist stand, with men sitting in chairs. There is a covered open-air platform beyond.
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Black Hawk Cave

Date: 1907
Description: Black Hawk Cave near Lake Mendota.
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Cave In Rock

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: A large cave in the rock palisade along the river. An advertisement for St. Jacobs Oil is painted above the entrance to the cave.
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Lord Cornwallis Cave

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Description: Entrance to the tourist attraction of Lord Cornwallis Cave. The sign above the door reads, "Admission 10¢." Initials are inscribed in the dirt wall.
Postcard

Entrance to the Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of the entrance to the Cave of the Mounds. A curved sign sits on two square stone pillars. The sign reads "Welcome, Cave of the Mounds, ...
Postcard

Oak Grove Parking Area at the Cave of the Mounds

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Description: Postcard of the entrance to the Cave of the Mounds. A curved sign sits on two square stone pillars. The sign reads: "Welcome, Cave of the Mounds, Drive In....
Photograph

Red Crescent Man Pulling Tooth

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker pulling a tooth from a National Liberation Front member's mouth. In front of him is a collection of ...
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Red Crescent Worker Bandaging Leg

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker bandages a National Liberation Front member's leg. In front of him is a collection of medicine. He w...
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Red Crescent Worker Bandaging Chest

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker bandages a National Liberation Front member's chest outdoors. He wears a Red Crescent arm band to id...
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Diamond Grotto — A Study in Rock #102

Date: 1903
Description: A cutout of a girl placed in the Diamond Grotto in Witches' Gulch. There is graffiti on the rocks in the background. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the W...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: President of the Miller Brewing Company, Norman R. Klug, unveiled the Watertown Plank Road historical marker along with, to his left, James Fitzpatrick, pr...
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Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ...
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Two Men Standing in Cave

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Description: Two men are standing in a cave. They are both wearing hats that read: "El Dorado Natural Plastic." Another man is standing in the right foreground looking ...
Postcard

Crystal Cave Gift Shop & Cafe

Date: 1953
Description: Text on front reads: "Crystal Cave Gift Shop & Cafe, Spring Valley, Wisconsin". On reverse it reads: "Crystal Cave, Spring Valley, Wisconsin. Highway Wisco...

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