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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A stone obelisk marks the grave of Jonas Tower in a country cemetery. A smaller obelisk stands to the left, and other grave markers can be seen in the bac... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Seven women and a man pose on a large boulder in front of a wall-like rock formation, probably in Parfrey's Glen. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three women and a man posed on and around the porch of the Monroe House. Potted plants, a flower box, and vines grace the porch. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Fr. Durward, either James or John, both of whom were Catholic priests and sons of Bernard Durward, for whom Durward's Glen is named. He is si... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two young women wearing long dresses pose on top of a large tree stump, while holding onto each other tightly. Their jackets are laying on the ground, and ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A worn, painted wooden sign reads: "Temperance House by J. Child 1852." It was "at Lima Center, the first house south of the cemetery on the main road bet... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The barn of W.A. Dean, built in 1844 and used as a stage barn in the stage coach days. The barn's foundation, silo, and milk room are newer. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Brown stands beside a chain and crank operated water pump. Brown was the curator of the museum of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and ... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A copy of a duo-tone print of the exterior of a three-story wooden classical revival building identified as the Empire House. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Milton House Inn. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Good... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Small wooden structure with what looks to be ventilation grating, obscured by foliage. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Extensive stonework lines the garden path at the Ceylon Building, which is originally from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was purchased ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across yard of house with large group of people gathered on porch posing for photograph. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Two girls stand in the foreground, and a man and woman sit on a log over the stream in the background at the Parfrey's Glen waterfall near Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Locks and Jaws of the Dells in winter, taken at Devil's Elbow. The roof of the Larks Hotel, with the hotel's name on it, is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A family group of mother, father, two daughters and son sit on the ground in front of a house with a stone foundation. A tripod arrangement of a toy shove... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two women pose behind a log which has fallen across the stream in Parfrey's Glen. One woman holds a small pail. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A small granite stone and American Flag mark the grave of Belle Boyd, actress and Confederate spy. The grave is inscribed with: "Belle Boyd, Confederate sp... |
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