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| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Members of the Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the Alexander Mitchell steamboat in the Dells. Members of the group include: Minnie Smith, Mary Sterlie, Ru... |
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| Description: | Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians posing in front of the steamboat Winnebago near the Stand Rock Amphitheater. This is where the Stand Rock Indian Ceremo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water toward the Larks Hotel and ferry. Caption reads: "Larks Hotel, Wisconsin Dells." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river towards the steamboat "Winnebago" docked at the Dells Boat Landing on the opposite shoreline. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Dells boat landing building, with people standing on the balcony. There is a steamboat near the dock on the river below. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremonial performers in traditional Indian costume pose near a steamboat. |
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| Description: | The steamboat "Winnebago" with passengers in front of the Dells Boat Landing. |
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| Description: | Rear view of flagman standing at the narrows in the Wisconsin River as a steamboat approaches. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a tour steamboat docked on the shore of the Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from elevated rocks on shoreline of a steamboat on the Wisconsin River touring the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Rear view of steamboat on the Wisconsin River touring the Wisconsin Dells. The riverbanks are on either side. |
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| Description: | Steamboat near a cliff on the Wisconsin River, presumably in the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Second to last steamboat on the river taken before 1931, burned in 1931. Taken from Romance Cliff, "The Apollo" is shown coming through with smoke billowin... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Group of people on the excursion steamer Eleanor in the Dells. |
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| Description: | Woman dressed as Paulina Bunyan (female version of Paul Bunyan) standing in the Minirama recreation of the Wisconsin Dells. She holds an axe in one hand an... |
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| Description: | A large group of well-dressed tourists posing on the decks of the steamboat Apollo. A few men are posing on a landing below steep stairs that run al... |
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| Description: | View from opposite Sexton's Eddy up the Wisconsin River. A steamboat is in the distance, and there are rock formations along the river. Text at right: "Wan... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of elevated view of a steamboat on the Wisconsin River. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery." |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the steamboat the "Dell Queen" at Chapel Gorge. A woman and a young child are sitting on the shoreline. |
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