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Harry Elsworth Cole

Date: 1916
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Elsworth Cole (1861-1928), founder and first president of the Sauk County Historical Society, also president of the...
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Harry Elsworth Cole

Date: 1906
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Elsworth Cole (1861-1928), founder and first president of the Sauk County Historical Society and president of the S...
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Huntington House

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior of Huntington House with large front porch.
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Mine Building

Date: 1910
Description: Mining building. Possibly in Ironton.
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Turner's Academy

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of Professor Turner's academy.
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Cleopatra's Needle

Date: 1910
Description: The rock formation at Devil's Lake known as Cleopatra's Needle.
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Club House

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view from street of former home of historian and writer H. E. Cole, located at 908 Ash Street.
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Below the Falls

Date: 1910
Description: Two women stand on a ledge at Skillet Falls.
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Two women stand beside a waterfall "downstream from the crag."
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Mining Building

Date: 1910
Description: An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field.
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Remington House

Date: 1906
Description: Exterior view of the Remington House, located on 2nd Street.
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Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.
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Point Sauk

Date: 1909
Description: Two women and a man stand in the distance on the crest of a grassy rise.
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Group Looking over Fence

Date: 1906
Description: A group of adults, including Harry E. Cole (center), stand behind a fence. A sign on the fence reads, "YOU CAN'T PLAY IN OUR BACK YARD."
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Stone Hop House

Date: 1908
Description: Stone Hop House, built by Dr. Taylor on section 27, Northeast corner of the Town of Greenfield.
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Dr. Taylor's House

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view from yard of Dr. Taylor's house, which was once a post office in the Town of Greenfield.
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Cleopatra's Needle

Date: 1910
Description: A view of Cleopatra's Needle with Devil's Lake in the background.
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Heart of the Hills Walking Club

Date: 1926
Description: Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right.
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Cornfield

Date: 1906
Description: Large pile of corn shocks stand in a field identified as the place where Wallace Renan was buried. Farm buildings are visible in the distance.
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Cleopatra's Needle

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Cleopatra's Needle with Devil's Lake in the background. There is a cottage on the far side of the lake.

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