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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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Leaping the Chasm

Date: 1886
Description: Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock.
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The Old Dell House #1079

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Description: Stereograph of the exterior view of Old Dell House.
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Witches' Gulch with Steamboat Alexander Mitchell

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Description: Mouth of Witches' Gulch and downstream, viewed from cliff. Steamboat Alexander Mitchell at mouth of gulch. Four canoes are on shore.
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German Shepherd Dog Jumps Across Stand Rock

Date: 06 1961
Description: A German shepherd jumps across Stand Rock as a man and child in traditional Indian apparel look on. The man is pointing to the dog.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1403: The Fleet Just Below The Dam In The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph view of several groups of men on rafts loaded with felled trees.
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Old Fort Winnebago

Date: 1834
Description: Reproduction of an oil painting of Fort Winnebago, which was built in 1827 by Major William Whistler and a detachment of the First Infantry. Caption reads:...
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Overhanging Rock at Black Hawk's Leap

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Description: View looking out from under Overhanging Rock toward Black Hawk's Leap.
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Chapel Gorge Beach

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Description: Elevated view of the mouth of Chapel Gorge Beach showing a canoe at the shore.
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti...
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Inch School About To Be Moved

Date: 1957
Description: Inch School No. 6 blocked up to be moved to Lodi.
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Superdome Coach in the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Railroad superdome passenger car passing through the Wisconsin Dells.
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Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians

Date: 1926
Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Olive, Oliver, and Willard LaMere in Wisconsin Dells (Kilbourn City).
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Taylor's Glen

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Description: Taylor's Glen; Reportedly known as Schoolhouse Ravine. There is a man sitting on left on a ledge.
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Man on Visor Ledge

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Description: Visor Ledge, man sitting on edge.
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Spearing Sturgeon at the Dam #23

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Description: Spearing sturgeon at the dam in Kilbourn. There is a man with a sturgeon on a spear in the foreground, and another man with a spear is in the background. A...
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Big Bear in Diamond Grotto

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Description: Big Bear (a Ho-Chunk Man) sitting on the ground in front of Diamond Grotto.
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Stand Rock

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Description: Stand Rock from the east.
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Hornet's Nest

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Description: West side of Hornet's Nest. One man sitting on top edge, one sitting at right under overhang, three in background below overhang.

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