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John Trumble with Camera

Date: 1958
Description: Wisconsin Dells commercial photographer, John Trumble, with his Hasselblad. He is standing in front of Hurlbut Creek, probably in spring. Jack Grey, head o...
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A Fern Dell

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Description: View looking up, with many ferns growing along a rock formation. Caption reads: "A Fern Dell. At the back of 'Blue Mound' Near Kilbourn, Wis. Photograph by...
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Overhanging Rock on the Side of "Blue Mound"

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Description: View looking up at a rock formation, with plants growing over the side. In the foreground are trees and branches. Caption reads: "Overhanging Rock on the s...
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The "Casket" Rock

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Description: View of two children and a dog posing on a rock, surrounded by trees and other vegetation. Caption reads: "The 'Casket' Rock at the base of "Blue Mound" Ne...
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Dells of Wisconsin

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Description: View of a man standing on a boardwalk in a ravine. Other people are walking along the boardwalk. A penciled note identifies the man as "RJ." Caption on rea...
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Dell View Hotel Motel

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Description: View from road towards a sign for the Dell View Hotel • Motel.
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Head Waitress

Date: 1956
Description: A young woman in a bathing suit is posing standing barefoot, and is holding onto the branch of a tree with her right hand. The Wisconsin River and a large ...
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Navy Yard in the Dells

Date: 1905
Description: A long elevated view of the rock formations along the Wisconsin River known as the Navy Yard. Trees line the banks of the river.
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Group in the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1905
Description: A group of two men and four women, including Hattie, far left, and Leta von der Sump, far right. The well-dressed group is posing in a narrow passage creat...
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Navy Yard and Larks Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: A summer view of rock formations known as the Navy Yard lining the Wisconsin River at the Dells. Further down the river is the Larks Hotel, with the hotel'...
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Dells Cottage

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of an unidentified man and two women posing standing on the open porch of a two-story wood frame cottage at Wisconsin Dells. The por...
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High Rock

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards people in a canoe on the Wisconsin River who are dwarfed by the High Rock formation at the Dells. There are sandy beaches on each...
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Camping at the Dells

Date: 1905
Description: Four young women are posing sitting on the ground in front of a large tent. One man is standing behind the women at left, while another is sitting on a tre...
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Cottage

Date: 1926
Description: A cottage with a stone wing built at a right angle to a log wing is standing in dappled shade. Between the two wings is a gabled, stone projection. A large...
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In the Dells

Date: 1926
Description: Members of the extended Brumder family posing for a group portrait at the foot of a stairway in one of the ravines of the Wisconsin Dells. A wharf extends ...
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At the Dells

Date: 1926
Description: Members of the extended Brumder family pose on a pier at the Wisconsin Dells. A motor launch with "Olson Boat Co" painted on the side is moored at the pier...
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Premature Armistice Celebration

Date: 11 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering outside a building, some of them carrying American flags. Two men are standing on the balcony, and may be addr...
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161st Artillery Brigade Band Concert

Date: 05 24 1918
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people gathering across the street, near a stage. Automobiles are parked in the center of the street near the stage. In the for...
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Stagecoach at Fort Dells

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Description: Slightly elevated view of four horses pulling a stagecoach through a puddle on a dirt road. A group of children and adults are sitting on top of the stagec...
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Playing on the Beach on the Wisconsin River

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Description: View from rock cliff looking down at four girls standing on a beach in a square, throwing a beach ball to each other. The older girls are standing in the w...

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