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Waterfall and Bridge on Baraboo River

Date: 1918
Description: View of waterfall, bridge, Baraboo river, and town from the riverbank.
Book or Pamphlet

The Falls of St. Anthony

Date: 1884
Description: Illustration of the Falls of St. Anthony, as seen in The Indian Tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, arts, languag...
Photograph

Niagara Falls

Date: 
Description: Carte-de-visite of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
Photograph

Falls of Saint Anthony

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Falls of Saint Anthony as viewed from the east, with a bridge spanning the falls, and a part of Saint Paul on the opposite shoreline.
Photograph

Falls of Saint Anthony

Date: 
Description: Falls of Saint Anthony with Saint Paul on the opposite shoreline in the background.
Photograph

Bear Trap Falls

Date: 1929
Description: Group of people at Bear Trap Falls in the Wolf River near Keshena. People are standing on the shoreline on the left near a sign for the falls. A man is sta...
Photograph

Portaging at Curtain Falls

Date: 
Description: View of men and young boys with canoes pulled up on rocks near a rapids during an unidentified wilderness canoe trip led by Sigurd Olson.
Photograph

Rainbow Falls

Date: 1936
Description: View across Rainbow Falls on the Wolf River, on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
Photograph

Dells of the Eau Claire River

Date: 1936
Description: Two women sitting on top of rocks in the Dells of the Eau Claire River. There is a bridge in the background on the left.
Photograph

Lu-La Lake Lookout Mountain

Date: 1866
Description: Cliffs along Lu-la Lake. A waterfall is in the background.
Plate 15
Photograph

Cedar Falls Dam on Red River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Cedar Falls Dam on the Red River featuring the dam in the foreground and several dwellings standing in the background.
Photograph

Footbridge near Brunet Falls

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Description: Footbridge spanning the Chippewa River near Brunet Falls (now Cornell Falls)
Photograph

Little Falls, Flambeau River

Date: 
Description: Looking down the Flambeau River near Little Falls. There may be a logjam in the distance.
Postcard

The Lower Falls

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Lower Falls on the Brule River flowing through the forest. Some trees are showing autumn color. Caption reads: "Brule River ...
Photograph

Falls of St. Anthony

Date: 
Description: View across Saint Anthony Falls with St. Paul in the background.
Postcard

Smoky Falls on Wolf River

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of Smoky Falls, now called Big Smokey Falls and found within the Menominee Nation. A boy is standing on the left near the falls.
Postcard

Bridge at the Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline looking up at the bridge, and the dam. There is a building at the base on the bridge on the opposite shoreline on the right, and anothe...
Postcard

The Cascades on River Near Eau Claire

Date: 1909
Description: A black and white photographic postcard view looking up a river toward a waterfall. Caption reads: "The Cascades."
Photograph

Fyler's Falls

Date: 
Description: View from rocky shoreline looking up at Fylers Falls, a waterfall surrounded by rock cliffs.
Photograph

Rocky River

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Description: View from rocky shoreline across a pool in a river with a small waterfall in the background. Trees and shrubs line the opposite shoreline.

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