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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across river towards the rear of the excursion boat "Apollo" in the narrows of the dells. Rock formations are on the left. Caption reads: "In the Narr... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the dam and power house from across the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Dam and Power House from Up Stream, Kilbourne [sic], Wis... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a hotel with multiple buildings near a bend in the Wisconsin River. A paddle-wheel steamer is heading toward the Dells. Caption reads: "Hote... |
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| Description: | Illustration of a bluff at the Dells, with a woman is sitting on the top near a tree. There are bluffs on the other side of the river in the background.Cap... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn. A canoe is along the shoreline in the foreground, and excursion boats ... |
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| Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view across the Wisconsin River toward High Rock. Whitecaps are on the river. |
| Date: | 07 12 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lone Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the right-hand side, near the shore. |
| Date: | 08 22 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "At The Head of The Narrows, Dells of The Wisconsin River." A channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. T... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Dells." A Large Letter Postcard with a background illustration of Stand Rock and a Native American in a canoe, with a Nativ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Greetings From Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." A Large Letter Postcard with a blue and orange background, each letter is filled with a s... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Dells of Wisconsin and Kilbourn City." An illustrated Bird's Eye View of the Dells area with 33 numbered features: "1 - High Rock, 2 ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Map of the Dells of the Wisconsin River Region." On reverse: "All the world knows of the Wisconsin Dells. Many noted travelers have p... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Text on front: "The Hiawatha. Crossing the Wisconsin River at the 'Dells'." On reverse: "The Scenic Route. The Milwaukee Road is the only double tracked ro... |
| Date: | 06 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Cruising Down the River. A peaceful cruise plus the wonder found along its pine-covered, rocky shoreline make the boat trip at the ... |
| Date: | 04 10 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Overhanging Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View of the Wisconsin River from under a rock shelf. The shoreline in the foreground... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin, Kilbourn City, Wis." A bridge is in the background, which goes over the Wis... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Rattlesnake Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin River." On reverse: "Up stream from the Narrows, on the left bank, is Rattlesnake Rock. Look... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin." The steamboat "Apollo No. 1" at the Dells Boat Landing on the Wisconsin River. A building and ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamer 'Winnebago' at Dells Boat Co. Landing, The Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." The steamboat "Winnebago," with passengers, at the Dells Bo... |
| Date: | 07 28 1980 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Lost Canyon, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." Tourists ride in a modern day horse-drawn buggy through Lost Canyon. Rock formations towe... |
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