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| Eagle feather dance staff used at 1933 World's Fair by Ho-Chunk dancers from the Wisconsin Dells. (Museum object #2001.49.1) |
| This Milwaukeean's prolific life in the entertainment business helped transform the Wisconsin Dells into the major tourist destination it is today. |
| Learn about the rise of Wisconsin Dells tourism, and read about the creation and collapse of the man-made river it was founded on. |
| Wisconsin photographer David Marcou's images of life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
| Learn about and listen to Holocaust survivor Magda Herzberger tell her story. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the public school, a two-story brick building in a rural area with small bell tower on the roof above the entrance. There is a flagpole on... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from road of the general store, a two-story wood frame building in a rural area. A man and a child are standing near the door. Another child is sittin... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down slope towards Deep Lake. There is a girl standing in a rowboat at the shoreline. She is holding up her catch of the day. In the background a man ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of long grass towards a log cabin next to the Wisconsin River. An automobile is parked on the left near the porch. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street in Friendship. The J.Hill & Son General Store is on the right, with two women at the entrance. Horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Landscape photograph by Sid Boyum of a fisherman on the bank of Big Spring Creek near a power house and dam. The fisherman to the right blends into the bui... |
| Date: | 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Three men visit at the corner of the Plainville Grocery. There are many signs and logos on the storefront: "Coca-Cola," "Peerless Beer," "Model Smoking Tob... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of three men and four women, probably members of the Von der Sump family, posing for a casual portrait on a rock formation at the Wisconsin Dells. |
| Date: | 06 1964 |
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| Description: | Irrigation sprinklers spraying water onto a field near Grand Marsh. |
| Date: | 07 09 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Chimney Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." The rock formation Chimney Rock overhanging the Wisconsin River. Bluffs are on the left and th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Residence, Dist. White Creek, Wis." Handwritten on front: "This is my cousin's house." A home with oblong-shaped openings on the porc... |
| Date: | 07 15 1920 |
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| Description: | A greeting postcard with the state seal of Wisconsin, flowers and a banner with "White Creek" imprinted on it. Text on front reads: "Greetings from Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene on the Road Near White Creek, Wis." and at the bottom: "Held Up". Photomontage of a cow, an automobile and five men. The automo... |
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