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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Young Women at Devil's Lake

Date: 1905
Description: Six young women posed among the rocks at Devil's Lake.
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Devil's Lake Chateau

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Description: View of the chateau with flagpole win front. Underneath the flagpole is a plaque commemorating Wilbur William Warner, whose boyhood home was located within...
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Boat Landing at Devil's Lake

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Description: Boats park at a landing on Devil's Lake. The small wooden structure stands among trees at the shore.
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Boating in the "Texas"

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Description: View of the "Texas,, a small boat carrying three passengers on Devil's Lake.
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Chicago, Northwestern Railroad Tracks

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Description: View of Chicago, Northwestern Railroad set of two railroad tracks at Devil's Lake, chartered in 1859. To the right, power lines run the length of the Devil...
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Devil's Lake

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Description: Elevated view from rocks overlooking a valley toward Devil's Lake. Several houses are near a road that leads to the shoreline.
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Woman at Lookout Cliff

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Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
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Devil's Lake

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Description: View of Devil's Lake from the cliffs.
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Row Boats at Devil's Lake

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Description: A man and two women stand on a dock at Devil's Lake while a couple rows in a canoe on the water. Other rowboats are docked nearby and a covered rowboat na...
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North Shore of Devil's Lake

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Description: Elevated view of the north end of Devil's Lake and Cliff House. A number of buildings are around the shoreline with railroad tracks in the foreground. A lo...
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Devil's Lake Shoreline

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Description: View from shoreline of Devil's Lake with the far shoreline in the background.
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View of Devil's Lake from top of Bluffs

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Description: Elevated view of Devil's Lake from the top of the bluffs, talus slope visible on right.
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View of Devil's Lake from top of Bluffs

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Description: Elevated view of Devil's Lake from the top of the bluffs, talus slope visible on right.
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Lewis Arms at Devil's Lake

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Description: Lewis Arms and friends perch on a bluff overlooking Devil's Lake. From left to right are: Arms, Eddie Elvord (Alvord?), Mary Rogers, and George Green (Gree...
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Arms Family at Devil's Lake

Date: 1956
Description: Lewis, LuRay, Nellie and Bernard Arms arrive at Devil's Lake in a maroon DeSoto convertible automobile. This was the day after Lewis and LuRay's wedding.
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Greetings From Devil's Lake

Date: 07 28 1933
Description: Colorized postcard in the Tall-Tale style. Two men standing on the shore are pulling a third man's leg out of a enormous fish's mouth. Two automobiles and ...
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Devils [sic] Doorway, Looking East, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis.

Date: 12 29 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees are on the left and below. Bluffs, trees, sky and a r...
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Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 1915
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. The lake, bluffs, trees and sky are visible in the backgrou...
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Doorway, Devils [sic] Lake

Date: 11 10 1901
Description: Photographic postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. A man is sitting on the formation, wearing a suit and a ...

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