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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 Tourist Stand

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Description: Wooden walkway leading to covered outdoor platform with tables and benches, and to a building beyond.
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Park Hotel, Kilbourn

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Description: External view of Park Hotel, Kilbourn, with men sitting on the veranda.
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Tourists at Dells Landing

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Description: Unidentified group of tourists going to Dells Landing. There are horse-drawn vehicles beyond.
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" and Passengers

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posed standing. Chairs are piled on shore at right. Edge of steamboat Dell Queen at left. Bridge...
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Hile House Hotel

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Description: Exterior view of Hile House Hotel. There is a belvedere in the center of the roof.
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Dell House

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Description: Exterior view up hill towards the Dell House, with two women posing in front.
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Glen Cottage

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Description: View across unpaved road towards Glen Cottage, later Crandall Hotel.
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Wilson's Tavern

Date: 1923
Description: Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek.
Postcard

Hile House

Date: 1905
Description: View from road of the Hile House, Kilbourn (now Wisconsin Dells). There is a belvedere in the center of the roof. Caption reads: "Hile House, Kilbourn, Wis...
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Hile House Hotel

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Description: View across road towards the Hile House Hotel. There is a belvedere in the center of the roof.
Postcard

Court House and Post Office

Date: 1890
Description: View across street towards the Columbia County Court House and Post Office. Caption reads: "Court House and Post Office at Portage, Wis."
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Dell View Hotel, Lake Delton and Hotel Grounds

Date: 1944
Description: Two people walk down the driveway of the Dell View Hotel on a winter day. The photo was taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer.
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Dell View Hotel Winter Scene

Date: 1944
Description: Exterior view of Dell View Hotel driveway on a winter day. A snow-covered stone gargoyle statue is in the foreground. The photo was taken by Ruth Bennett D...
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Dell View Hotel and Airport

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Description: Aerial view of Dell View Hotel and Lake Delton airport.
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Low Tavern

Date: 1924
Description: View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys.
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LaFayette Hill Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: This two-story wooden structure was originally the house of LaFayette Hill (1812-1853), a member of Wisconsin's first Constitutional Convention and settler...
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The Old Dells House

Date: 1925
Description: A copy of an older photograph by H.H. Bennett. The description reads: "With two women under trees in front of ruined building. The women are Mrs. Greene ...
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Lark's Hotel

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Description: Exterior view looking downhill towards Lark's Hotel surrounded by trees. A group of people and a dog are posing on the porch and front stairs. On the secon...

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