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Tower Hill Bluff

Date: 1950
Description: A view from a bluff on Tower HIll overlooking the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Shot Shaft".
Postcard

Peninsula State Park

Date: 1954
Description: View looking west from Eagle Bluff toward Nicolet Bay, the Strawberry Islands, and Chambers Island. Three people are sitting on the stone wall of the overl...
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Warner Memorial Road, Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Warner Memorial Road in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees line both sides of the road, and there is a stone wall on the left. The...
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Workers' Houses

Date: 02 1925
Description: Abandoned workers' houses stand along the shore of Lake Michigan. The Fayette Tourists Lodge is on the far left.
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Totem Pole in Peninsula State Park

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Description: The totem pole has a carved wooden bear clinging to the top. The totem pole was erected in 1927 in honor of the aboriginal inhabitants of Wisconsin. Potawa...
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Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
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Lake View Hotel, Devils' Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced black and white photographic postcard, a double length panorama of the Lake View Hotel. The lake shore is stabilized with a rock wall and a ...
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Devil's Lake Entrance

Date: 08 06 2012
Description: The north entrance to Devil's Lake State Park. The entrance is flanked by two fieldstone pillars.
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of a family standing in front of a stone wall at Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. The man is pointing towards the Wisconsin Ri...
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 08 1940
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a striped dress and holding a purse standing at a low stone wall at the Point Lookout observation area above the ...
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Shelter House

Date: 1935
Description: View across lawn towards two men sitting on a log bench in the central open area of the shelter house at Council Grounds State Forest (now Council Grounds ...
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Boathouse

Date: 1940
Description: A man is standing and looking at the door of the boathouse on the beach near the Twin River (Rawley) Point Lighthouse. The boathouse has stone sides and a ...
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Building the Bathhouse

Date: 1935
Description: Men wearing hats and long overcoats are walking toward the camera from the bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park. Other men in work clothes, members of the ...
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Women at the Beach

Date: 1935
Description: Two women in bathing suits and wearing brimmed hats are posing sitting on a stone wall. The description on the reverse of the print reads: "Two fair bather...
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St. Croix River

Date: 1940
Description: An elevated view of the St. Croix River at Interstate Park. There is a boat with open sides, probably an excursion boat, going down the river, and rock for...
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State Forest Reserve

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake, Wis." A two-story log building with a rubble stone foundation. The porch and stairs have ornate pin...

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