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Skipping Stones

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Description: An unidentified man skipping stones across the Wisconsin River.
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Excursion Boat at the Wisconsin Dells

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Description: The Alexander Mitchell excursion boat with passengers.
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Sightseers at High Rock

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Description: Stereograph of three fashionably-dressed people sitting at High Rock looking down over the Wisconsin River. Text at left: "A Trip Through the Dells of the ...
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H.H. Bennett in Boat

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Description: Henry Hamilton Bennett poling his boat close along a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells.
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The Miss Helen

Date: 1930
Description: The skipper guides the motor launch Miss Helen on the Wisconsin River in the Dells.
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Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1411: Witching Up

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men "witching up."
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Excursion Boats at the Dells

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Description: Excursion boats at the Wisconsin Dells. Boats Eolah and Alexander Mitchell at mooring, with distinctive Dells rock formations in the backgrou...
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Dell Queen and Passengers

Date: 1890
Description: Group of tourists and crew members on the bow deck of the DELL QUEEN, an excursion boat that operated on the Wisconsin River at Wisconsin Dells.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1910
Description: View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells.
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Cary with Dog in the Dells

Date: 1903
Description: The photographer's son, Cary Bass, and a dog on a rock formation in the Wisconsin Dells near the Wisconsin River. In the background there is writing on a r...
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Children on Shoreline with Rock Formations

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Description: View from behind Steamboat Rock of two children playing at the edge of the Wisconsin River. Huge rock formations are in the background. Text at left: "A Tr...
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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Diamond Grotto

Date: 03 21 1881
Description: Four women gather in the Diamond Grotto, a notable land form in the Wisconsin Dells. There is a rustic bridge in the foreground.
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Lumbermen Descending Rapids

Date: 1900
Description: Lumbermen in a bateau descending rapids in an unidentified northern or north-central Wisconsin river.
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In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — Stand Rock, Showing Top #86

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Description: Three hunters and their dog posing on the top of Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Girl on High Rock

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Description: View towards High Rock from a cliff, looking down on the Wisconsin River. There is a young girl posing sitting in the foreground on the edge of the rock.
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Large Rock Formation

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Description: View uphill towards a woman posing on a large, exposed rock formation.
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Down the River from the Elbow #145

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Description: A man and a boy sitting on a rock formation at Devil's Elbow. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."

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