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Bird's-Eye View of Boscobel

Date: 1869
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Boscobel, Grant County, depicts street names and street layouts, houses, rivers and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map sh...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City

Date: 1870
Description: Sauk City is the oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin (incorporated in 1854) and also has the oldest organized volunteer fire department in the state, ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lone Rock

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye map of Lone Rock.
Map or Atlas

Prairie du Sac. Sauk County, Wisconsin. Looking North West

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin with an inset of Clifton.
Postcard

Larks Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across water toward the Larks Hotel and ferry. Caption reads: "Larks Hotel, Wisconsin Dells."
Postcard

East Hill

Date: 1905
Description: View across water toward East Hill. Caption reads: "East Hill, from Depot Grounds, Wausau, Wis."
Postcard

Bridge, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View from below along the left side of the Wisconsin River bridge. Tree-covered hills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge...
Postcard

Toll Bridge on Wisconsin River

Date: 1910
Description: This was the first bridge built across the Wisconsin River, constructed about 1850, although it was not opened to traffic until 1852. It was torn down in 1...
Print

Drawing of the Mouth of the Wisconsin River from Pike's Hill

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Description: Drawing of the mouth of the Wisconsin River from a scenic overlook depicting a steamboat in the distance. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Da...
Postcard

Wagon Bridge over Eagle River

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of the Wagon Bridge, which has a steel frame and stone piers. Possibly on Railroad Street. Caption reads: "Wagon Bridge over Eagle Rive...
Postcard

Phoebie Point on the Wisconsin River

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Description: View across water towards a bluff along the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Phoebie Point on the Wisconsin River, Hillside, Wis."
Postcard

"On the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway"

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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 ...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River Valley, looking down across tree-covered bluffs. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Valley from Nelson Dewey State Park."
Postcard

Lone Rock

Date: 07 12 1910
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.
Postcard

Wagon Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Wagon Bridge, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." A long structure over the Wisconsin River. Buildings, bluffs and trees can be seen beyond the far...
Postcard

Down River from Round Bluff

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Down River from Round Bluff, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." A view of the Wisconsin River with buildings and a road along the left shoreline. ...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Wagon Bridge

Date: 08 29 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Wagon Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." Elevated view of the bridge over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 23. It was de...
Postcard

Tower Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Tower Hill, Spring Green, Wis." View across water towards a rocky formation along the Wisconsin River in Tower Hill State Park.
Postcard

Train of House Boats

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Train of House Boats, at Tomahawk, Wis." A train of four houseboats in the water with another boat to pull them. Five rowboats are in...
Postcard

Cruising Down the River

Date: 06 26 1962
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 ...

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