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Sugar Bowl

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Description: Sugar Bowl rock formation. In the foreground is a man in rowboat with the name "Hattie" painted on its side. The river is smooth as glass, and on the oppos...
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Four Boys in a Boat #377

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Description: Ashley Bennett and three friends in a homemade sailboat. This was captioned: "Going to Join the Navy."
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Rafts at Swallows Nests

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Description: Two men at Swallows Nests, on sitting on the rocks at right, one leaning into the rock face. Two rafts are on the water under a cliff.
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Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Cold Water Canyon viewed from near the Jug.
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Navy Yard

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Description: Navy Yard viewed from the water level.
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Rowboat in Eaton Grotto

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Description: Eaton Grotto, near Narrows. View through grotto walls of rowboat and river beyond. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin S...
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Elevated view of Witches' Gulch, with a view up the river through trees, from the mouth of Witches' Gulch.
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Rafts at Swallows Nests

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Description: Swallows Nests, south face, with lumber rafts at the base.
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Boy at Witches' Gulch Bracket

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Description: Bracket at the mouth of Witches' Gulch, with boy a posing sitting on the edge.
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Black Hawk's Leap

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Description: Rock overhanging the river at Black Hawk's Leap.
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Steamboat from Sexton's Landing

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Description: View from Sexton's Landing of the river and a steamboat. (Steamboat probably Alexander Mitchell).
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Clam Banks with Steamboat

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Description: Clam Banks; upstream from Arm Chair with steamboat passing, (probably the "New Dell Queen").
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" Leaving Kilbourn Landing

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Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell leaving Kilbourn landing.
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H.H. Bennett and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: View up the river from behind Gates Ravine. There is a boat and dark tent at the edge of the river. H.H. Bennett is sitting on rowboat with his wetplate te...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1411: Witching Up

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men "witching up."
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Raftsman's Series No. 1415: Rafting Over At Foot Of The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men working on rafts.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1416: Shipping An Oar In The Dells (High Rock)

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of four raftsmen shipping an oar in the Dells.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1431: Running the Kilbourn Dam. Seen From Shore

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of Jim Short steering a raft riding the rough waters of the river.
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Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl

Date: 10 1889
Description: South side of Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl. Hattie and John Bennett in the boat; Nellie Bennett seated beneath the tree.
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Mouth of Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View towards a man in a rowboat at the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.

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