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Dr. John Allen's Residence

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Description: View across lawn towards two log structures among trees, and an ox-drawn wagon on the left side of the building in the front. Postcard text reads: "DR. ...
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Foot Bridge in Tenney Park

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Description: View from lawn towards the arched foot bridge and drive at Tenney Park. A young man is standing on the bridge. Caption reads: "Foot Bridge in Tenney Park, ...
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Excursion Boats, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Description: Caption reads: "Excursion Boats, Foot of Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minn." People are standing along the wharf, and crowds of people are on the boats. The b...
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The Pines

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be...
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In Redbird Gorge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Real Photo Postcard." A group of sightseers wave to the camera as they travel under a bridge and through a tree shaded gorge in a Duc...
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Red Bird Gorge

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Red Bird Gorge." A water and land vehicle, called a Duck, squeezes through a narrow gorge full of trees and foliage. A bridge above s...
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Going Through the Narrows

Date: 1951
Description: Text on front reads: "Going Through the Narrows, Picturesque Wisconsin Dells." On reverse: "Here the river is only 52 feet wide and is over 150 feet deep. ...
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Old Bridge at the Narrows

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Old Bridge at the Narrows. Dells of the Wisconsin" and "Leroy Gates Photo." The Dell Bridge, first to span the Wisconsin River, was ...
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Tour Boat "Josephine"

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock wi...
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Lower Dells Filling Station

Date: 1938
Description: Text on front reads: "Lower Dells Filling Station, Wisconsin Dells, Wis." On reverse: "Lower Dells Filling Station, located at junction of 12 and 13. Super...
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Lone Rock

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Lone Rock. Lower Dells, Wis." The tour boat "Josephine" from the Dells Boat Company glides past an island rock formation. Trees and f...
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Hornet's Nest, Dells of the Wisconsin River

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Hornet's Nest, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "From Luncheon Hall to the right is the Hornet's Nest, a cone shaped rock, ...
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High Rock from Romance Cliff

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "High Rock from Romance Cliff. Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "High Rock from Romance Cliff.–This is the imposing 'Lower J...
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Northwest Settlement

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A model historical village with a guardhouse flying the American flag in the center, flanked by fences and mor...
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Hawk's Bill

Date: 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "Hawk's Bill, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Four men in a rowboat are beneath the Hawk's Bill rock formation. One man is pointing...
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Bridge, Mill and Power House

Date: 11 20 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Bridge, Mill and Power House, Weyauwega, Wis." The Weyauwega Mill and grain elevator on the right, power house on the left with the M...
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Weyauwega Mills and Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at Weyauwega, Wis." View across water towards the Weyauwega Mills and grain elevator on the left, with a horse-drawn wagon on t...
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Fern Dells

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fern Dells, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin)." Rock formations, trees, boathouse, boat and dock on the sho...
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Fat Man's Misery

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Fat Man's Misery. Through much of Coldwater Canyon the rock walls are very high and the passage between them is very narrow. The na...
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Fat Man's Misery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fat Man's Misery. Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin River." A boardwalk in a narrow passage between two rock formations.

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