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Skylight Cave

Date: 1906
Description: View out of Skylight Cave towards a man in a boat at the entrance to the cave.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1910
Description: View across Wisconsin River of men and women in canoes at the base of Lone Rock at the Dells.
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Boat from Lone Rock Cave

Date: 1910
Description: A man paddles a canoe with four women passengers, as seen from inside Lone Rock Cave at the Dells. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
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Coastal Rock Formations

Date: 1940
Description: View of Anemone Cave and crashing waves, surrounded by coastal rock formations.
Postcard

Dream River, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1957
Description: Color postcard of Dream River, North Cave, opened in 1957, in the Cave of the Mounds.
Postcard

Brownie's Wishing Well

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a girl throwing a penny into the Brownie's Wishing Well in the Cave of the Mounds. Caption reads: "Brownie's Wishing Well."
Photograph

Lake Superior Sandstone Shoreline

Date: 1934
Description: View across water of trees and plants covering a sandstone cliff and arch on the shoreline along Lake Superior. Another sandstone arch is in the far backgr...
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Apostle Island Lakeshore

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of sandstone cliffs and caves on Lake Superior shoreline.
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Lake Superior Cave

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of sandstone shoreline on south shore of Lake Superior.
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Devil's Island Lighthouse

Date: 1934
Description: View from water of Devil's Island lighthouse located above sandstone caves and arches in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Caption reads: "Devil's Isla...
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Skylight Cave — in the Navy Yard #255

Date: 1903
Description: A silhouetted man on a boat in a cave. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Wisconsin Scenery."
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Apostle Islands

Date: 1932
Description: Lake view of Apostle Islands sandstone caves along the shores of Lake Superior.
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...
Photograph

Sea Caves

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards three men and a woman posing while standing in a wooden boat in a sea cave in the Apostle Islands. Rock formations and other sea ...
Photograph

Big Sand Cave

Date: 1937
Description: View of the entrance to Big Sand Cave, which according to the caption is located in Nelson Dewey State Park. This dates the image to before 1937, when the ...
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Cave Chandelier

Date: 1941
Description: The typed caption on the reverse of this photograph explains: "On the bridge above the underground lake in Cave of the Mounds at Blue Mounds, Wis., Arthur ...

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