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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Falls of the Oconto River with footbridge. Caption reads: "The Falls at Oconto Falls, Wis." |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Little Manitou Falls on the Black River. Referred to as the "upper falls" in the park. A person is sitting on the rocks on top of the falls. This waterfall... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great S... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. This waterfall reportedly was called "Gitchee Monido" by the Ojibwa, which means "Falls of the Great Spirit." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. It is referred to as the "lower falls" in the park. This 165-foot waterfall is recognized as the highest in the state... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Various views of places in Oslo. Text at bottom reads: "Stephenson Bros., Oslo, Manitowoc Co., Wis., U.S.A., 1914." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Water pouring over a dam near International Harvester's Osborne Works. The factory was later known as "Auburn Works." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of three women, including Ada Bass, at the base of Minnehaha Falls. Minnehaha Creek in foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Unidentified woman standing on the footbridge at the base of Minnehaha Falls. Minnehaha Creek in foreground. |
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| Description: | Foster Falls, near Highlander Folk School. This site was often used for picknicking. |
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| Description: | A group of CIO students, who are attending Highlander Folk School, enjoying a picnic at the nearby Foster Falls picnic area. Dad Horton standing on the lef... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car parked on a bridge. Under the bridge is a stream with a small waterfall. Two women are sta... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 29 1937 |
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| Description: | An International D-40 truck used by the Brennan Paving Company is parked in a paved lot in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, while a group of men work in the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 1937 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Copper Falls at Copper Falls State Park. |
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