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Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Harvester Works, manufacturers of twine binders and other agricultural implements, featuring a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

The Falls of St. Anthony

Date: 1884
Description: Illustration of the Falls of St. Anthony, as seen in The Indian Tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, arts, languag...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Company New Low Manure Spreaders Catalog Cover

Date: 1913
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester New Low manure spreaders. Features an illustration of a man riding on a horse-drawn manure spre...
Postcard

Oconto River Falls

Date: 1908
Description: Falls of the Oconto River with footbridge. Caption reads: "The Falls at Oconto Falls, Wis."
Photograph

Man on River near Oslo

Date: 1914
Description: Various views of places in Oslo. Text at bottom reads: "Stephenson Bros., Oslo, Manitowoc Co., Wis., U.S.A., 1914."
Book or Pamphlet

Falls of Kettle River

Date: 
Description: Depiction of the fall of Kettle River including a rock formation in the river and surrounding landscape filled with trees.
Photograph

Big Smoky Falls

Date: 1936
Description: A view of Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River, on the Menominee Reservation.
Postcard

The Lower Falls

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard view of the Lower Falls on the Brule River flowing through the forest. Some trees are showing autumn color. Caption reads: "Brule River ...
Postcard

Scene at the Dells of Eau Claire

Date: 1930
Description: View looking up toward the falls and bridge at the Dells of Eau Claire. Caption reads: "Scene at the Dells of Eau Claire, near Antigo, Wis."
Postcard

Tyler Falls

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Description: View of water streaming down the rock and tree-lined Tyler Falls. A white walk bridge is in the background.
Postcard

Skillet Falls

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view of Skillet Falls from downstream. Caption reads: "Skillet Falls, Baraboo, Wis."
Photograph

Group Portrait at Waterfall

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of people picnicking on the shoreline of a river. In the background is an unidentified waterfall, with tree limbs and branches stuck in the ...
Postcard

Marquette State Park, The Sand Caves

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard for Marquette Park in Grant County, number 4706 in a series by E.A. Bishop of Racine. The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "The pictures...
Postcard

Smoky Falls on Wolf River

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of Smoky Falls, now called Big Smokey Falls and found within the Menominee Nation. A boy is standing on the left near the falls.
Postcard

Bridge at the Foot of Mirror Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline looking up at the bridge, and the dam. There is a building at the base on the bridge on the opposite shoreline on the right, and anothe...
Postcard

Stephens Falls, Reagan's Hollow

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced postcard across water towards a man standing near a cliff face and observing a waterfall. Located in Governor Dodge State Park on STH 23 nor...
Postcard

Dam at Glen Loch, Irvine Park

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of Glen Loch in Irvine Park. Caption reads: "Dam at Glen Loch, Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Wis."
Postcard

Little Niagara River Waterfall

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a waterfall on the Little Niagara River. A footbridge extends over the waterfall.
Postcard

Michigamme Falls, Near Florence

Date: 
Description: View of a waterfall with a man fishing from the top. Caption reads: "Michigamme Falls, Near Florence, Wis."
Postcard

The Water Falls in the Village Park

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Description: Ektachrome postcard of a dam created waterfall on the Fox River. A city park is on the banks.

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