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Kee-o-kuck, Or The Watching Fox

Date: 1835
Description: Kee-o-kuck, or the Watching Fox, a Chief of the Sauk tribe and sucessor to Black Hawk. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at th...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company New Low Manure Spreaders Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester New Low manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a man riding on a horse-drawn manure spre...
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Skillet Falls

Date: 1909
Description: View of Skillet Falls from downstream. The trees are bare, and tree stumps are visible on the hill in the background, known locally as Mount Baldy.
Photograph

Skillet Falls in Winter

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a woman holding a walking stick and wearing a hat and fur coat with a fur stole sitting on a ledge of ice at Skillet Falls. Bare trees fra...
Photograph

Two Women at Skillet Falls

Date: 1909
Description: Two well-dressed women stand at the foot of Skillet Falls. The trees in the background are bare; the hill behind is covered with tree stumps. The hill is...
Book or Pamphlet

Falls of Kettle River

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Description: Depiction of the fall of Kettle River including a rock formation in the river and surrounding landscape filled with trees.
Photograph

Skillet Falls in Winter

Date: 1909
Description: A well-dressed woman with a walking stick stands on ice at the partially frozen Skillet Falls. Bare trees frame the scene. There are patches of snow and tr...
Photograph

Summer View of Minnehaha Falls

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Description: Stereograph of Minnehaha Falls during summer. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
Photograph

Summer View of Minnehaha Falls - Anaglyph

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Description: Stereograph of Minnehaha Falls during summer. Text at bottom: "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi. Minnehaha Falls. No. 1502."
Postcard

Tyler Falls

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Description: View of water streaming down the rock and tree-lined Tyler Falls. A white walk bridge is in the background.
Photograph

Copper Falls Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view of Copper Falls on the Bad River. Four people, one man and three women, are posing on rocks at the top of the falls. Surrounding burned-over ...
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Niagara Falls

Date: 1698
Description: An illustration of two men looking out at Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls in Jean Louis Hennepin’s A new discovery of a vast country in America (London: M...
Photograph

Livingstone Island

Date: 1910
Description: Doctor Thorne was one of the members of Carrie's travel party. He is pictured here, in front of Victoria Falls on Livingstone Island.
Photograph

Elevated View of Waterfall

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Description: Elevated view looking down at a steep waterfall surrounded by cliffs. The tops of the cliffs and surrounding area are covered by trees and shrubs. A large ...
Painting

Cascade of Water

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Description: Watercolor painting of a cascade of water over boulders in a stream. Trees and foliage are growing on both sides.

The scene may be Madison Creek, west of...

Photograph

Waterfalls and Pool

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Description: Elevated view over pool framed by trees towards water flowing down a series of small waterfalls over low rock formations into the pool of water.
Postcard

Trout Falls, La Crosse River

Date: 1906
Description: View of Trout Falls. On the left bank is a group of women. Caption reads: "Trout Falls, La Crosse River, La Crosse, Wis." Bottom right text reads: "Handcol...

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