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Falls at Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in the foreground, and a man and woman sit on a log over the stream in the background at the Parfrey's Glen waterfall near Devil's Lake.
Photograph

Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Two women pose behind a log which has fallen across the stream in Parfrey's Glen. One woman holds a small pail.
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Map or Atlas

Sauk County

Date: 1948
Description: This outline map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shows the towns, cities and villages, railroads, and streams in the county.
Photograph

Bridge over Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: A rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek connects Peninsula State Park (foreground) with the village of Fish Creek. The Vits house is at the right end of the b...
Photograph

Bridge over Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: View from the Vits property, looking east, across a rustic foot bridge over Fish Creek leading to Peninsula State Park. A dachshund rests in the middle of ...
Map or Atlas

Devil's Lake State Park : Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1926
Description: Map showing Devil's Lake State Park limits, railroads, roads, creeks, trails, and park sites. Accompanying text about the location, natural features, attra...
Map or Atlas

Map of Proposed Wisconsin Dells National Park : at Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This 1935 map shows the Wisconsin River from a point approximately 4 miles south of the city of Wisconsin Dells north to Duck Creek in Adams County. Sectio...
Map or Atlas

Map & Street Guide of Door County, Including Maps of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1987
Description: This 1987 map of Door County, Wisconsin, shows streets and roads, cities and villages, state parks, lakes and streams, and depths in Lake Michigan. A stree...
Map or Atlas

New Auburn Topographical Map

Date: 1975
Description: This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct ...
Postcard

In the State Park

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: View of a small foot bridge over a stream. This postcard was sent to a Miss M.S. Fester at the State Historical Library, who donated it on May 2, 1918. On ...
Photograph

Pewit's Nest

Date: 1950
Description: Two girls and a boy are posing standing at the edge of the pool at Pewit's Nest. The boy has rolled the legs of his overalls above his knees. There are tal...
Photograph

Pewit's Nest

Date: 
Description: Elevated view stereograph of the dam at Pewit's Nest on Skillet Creek. Caption on reverse reads: "Devil's Lake and Wisconsin Scenery."
Postcard

Copper Canyon at State Park

Date: 1950
Description: View of the Copper Canyon and the stream running through it.

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