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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman in a bathing suit stands on the beach and holds what appears to be a seashell. The ocean is in the background. This woman is contained within a she... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Group portrait including Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 4th from left) and her fellow travelers on a trip to Egypt. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 3rd from left) and her fellow travelers, guides and Egyptians on a trip to Giza, Egypt. Five people are r... |
| An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer |
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| Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes. |
| The Invention of a new Pastime |
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| Discover how new technology helped create the tourist industry in Wisconsin in the 19th century |
| Wisconsin and the Invention of the Car |
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| Discover how Wisconsin's influence on the automobile and tourist culture. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | H.H. Bennett advertising envelope addressed to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee. The envelope bears an engraved image of people standing on top of Stand Roc... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A tall pine tree is standing just in front of Stand Rock, with the Wisconsin River in the background. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Standing with the Menominee River in the background, Mary Mathilda Axtell Rumsey and her family posing for a picture. Names from left to right: Mary Mathil... |
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