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East High School

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Exterior of East High School, located at 2222 East Washington Avenue.
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Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from bluff of a house in Cassville surrounded by bluffs, trees and farmland. Railroad tracks run between the crops and the trees, and the Mis...
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Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1960
Description: Cushing Memorial.
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1940
Description: Cushing Memorial.
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View from Kirkland Hotel

Date: 1922
Description: View of Devil's Lake from the shore of the Kirkland Hotel, located at the southeast corner of the lake. There is building, perhaps a boathouse, on the shor...
Map or Atlas

Sauk County, Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: This late 20th century tourist map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shows the highways and roads, cities and towns, parks, airports, canoe landings, hospitals, s...
Map or Atlas

Sauk County

Date: 1948
Description: This outline map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shows the towns, cities and villages, railroads, and streams in the county.
Map or Atlas

New Auburn Topographical Map

Date: 1975
Description: This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Prairie du Chien, Historical City

Date: 01 15 1929
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure, titled: "Winneshiek World’s Famous Wild Life Refuge Historic Fort Crawford and Picturesque Prairie du Chien," feature...
Map or Atlas

Little Switzerland on the Mississippi: Prairie du Chien-McGregor

Date: 1950
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure features two maps with tourists sites along the Mississippi River. One map shows roads and populated places along the ...
Photograph

Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River looking north from Tower Hill State Park. There are sandbars in the river. The water tower and village of Sp...
Photograph

Door County View

Date: 06 1938
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a plaid jacket sitting on the ground with her hand on a dog lying beside her in Peninsula State Park. There is a ...
Photograph

Pewit's Nest

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of the ruins of an old mill on Skillet Creek at Pewit's Nest. Caption at foot: "88. The Old Mill, at Peewitt's Nest."
Photograph

Devil's Lake

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Devil's Lake and the valley to the southeast. The valley may be the site of the old campground that has been moved farth...
Photograph

Early Morning

Date: 1952
Description: Water and reflections at Big Foot Beach State Park on Buttons Bay, Geneva Lake.
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Woman in front of Lodge at Trout Lake

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Description: Woman standing on the sidewalk in front of the lodge at Trout Lake. The building is constructed of logs, with rustic railings, and stone slab steps with ro...
Photograph

Quiet Reflections

Date: 05 1968
Description: Elevated view from riverbank of a family enjoying a canoe ride on the Wisconsin River, in Tower Hill State Park. The trees are thick on both shorelines.
Photograph

Rocky Challenge

Date: 09 1968
Description: View looking up at two boys climbing the tumbled slabs of rock at Devil's Lake State Park.
Postcard

High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago

Date: 1939
Description: Caption reads: "High Cliff overlooking East Shore of Lake Winnebago, Wis." Elevated view of Lake Winnebago from High Cliff State Park. A stone outcropping ...
Postcard

Ann Mitchell Library

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Ann Mitchell Library-Tower Hill, Wis." A one-story, wooden building with a wrap-around veranda and broad front steps surrounded by tr...

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