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The Palisades

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "The Palisades, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Handwritten message on the back reads: "Rocks!" A tall rock formation with trees growin...
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Fern Dells

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fern Dells, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin)." Rock formations, trees, boathouse, boat and dock on the sho...
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Devil's Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin.)" A rock formation with a hole in it on the shore of...
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Fat Man's Misery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fat Man's Misery. Cold Water Canyon, Dells of the Wisconsin River." A boardwalk in a narrow passage between two rock formations.
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Devil's Anvil

Date: 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Devil's Anvil, Dells of the Wisconsin River." A rock formation and trees above the Wisconsin River. Devil's Anvil is also known as De...
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Springtime in Artist's Glen

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Springtime in Artist's Glen, Dells of the Wisconsin River." Trees and flowers surround a stream with a rocky bank.
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Alligator Rocks

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Alligator Rocks, Dells of The Wisconsin River." Rock formations that resemble alligators on the shores of the tree-lined Wisconsin Ri...
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Overhanging Rock

Date: 04 10 1913
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...
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Dam and Electric Power Plant

Date: 01 07 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Dam and Electric Power Plant, Watertown, Wis." The Watertown Electric Company Power Plant #1 was built in 1909 of cream brick. Rollin...
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Big Chief and His Best Friend

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a...
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Cherry Picking Scene

Date: 07 04 1927
Description: Text on front reads: "Cherry Picking Scene, Door County, Wisconsin." A cherry orchard filled with people and people on ladders, harvesting the fruit into b...
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Entrance to High School

Date: 09 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Entrance to High School, Stoughton, Wis." Four teenage girls pose on the walk to the entrance of the High School, and more students a...
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Interstate Park

Date: 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "Interstate Park. Dells of the St. Croix." Elevated view of the Dells of the St. Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Text on ...
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University Boat Landing, Lake Mendota

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline towards the Steamer "Wisconsin" docked at the pier of the University boat landing on Lake Mendota.
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Madison College — One of America's Leading Business Schools

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Description: Colorized postcard view across street towards the Madison College building. A cafeteria is on the first floor.
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Dome and South Entrance to State Capitol

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Description: External view of the south entrance of the Capitol (from S. Hamilton Street). A flowerbed in the driveway is in the foreground. Text reads: "The second hig...
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Pleasure Drive at Button's Bay, Lake Geneva

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Description: View along road and shoreline, towards a boathouse on the lake among trees with fall colored foliage.
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Harvest Field in Wisconsin

Date: 1921
Description: Subtitled: "(Scenes along the country roads.)" Hand-colored view of a field with harvested hay. A road and entry gate are on the lower left.
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Cherry Orchard in Full Bloom, Door County, Wisconsin

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Description: Hand-colored postcard of a cherry orchard with rows of blossoming trees.
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Cady Street

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Description: Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are in the street. Caption reads: "Cady Street. Watertown, Wisconsin.

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