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I.G. Brader's Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View of a farmstead with fences, haystacks and a wooden building. A man is in the background on top of McCord Rock, also called Devil's Chimney, Preacher'...
Photograph

Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
Postcard

Grand Dad Bluff

Date: 1901
Description: Grand Dad Bluff in La Crosse with the Crusher building which was built in 1901 and burned in 1902. Caption reads: "Grand Dad Bluff, La Crosse, Wis."
Painting

Residence of Mr. Martin Lutscher

Date: 1875
Description: Seifert's watercolor is fairly large, measuring 27" wide by 21" high, and provides a detailed depiction of a nineteenth century Wisconsin farm. The small s...
Photograph

"Three Chimneys" Land Formations

Date: 1930
Description: A winter view of "The Three Chimneys" in the St. Peter sandstone formation.
Photograph

Woman at Lookout Cliff

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Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
Photograph

Valley Scene

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Description: Valley view from Skyline Drive. Four people on horseback look down upon the farmland of the valley from a rocky ledge.
Photograph

Man Posing on Bluff Above a Farm

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Description: A man poses on a bluff overlooking a farm in the valley below.
Postcard

Long Bluff

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Description: Photographic postcard elevated view over field of Long Bluff. Trees and a watchtower are on top of the bluff. In the lower left corner is a long building w...
Postcard

Lone Rock

Date: 06 01 1925
Description: Colorized postcard looking up towards Lone Rock. Trees are on top of the formation. Caption reads: "Lone Rock, Camp Douglas, Wis."
Postcard

Castle Rock

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Description: Black and white postcard of Castle Rock with trees all around the base. Text above reads: "Castle Rock, Camp Douglas, Wis."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season Trip #3 Highlights

Date: 07 22 1941
Description: Scrapbook page of trip highlights from a bike hosteling trip to Pine Bluff (Dane County), Sauk City (Sauk County), and Okee (Columbia County), sponsored by...
Photograph

View of the Bluffs

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view from bluffs, looking north-east toward Lake City, Minnesota and Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Man Driving Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: Left side view of Wayne Pattison driving a Farmall H tractor pulling a McCormick-Deering disc 7 in a field.
Photograph

Rural Road

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Description: View across unpaved rural road that curves around to the left around a large rock formation with an exposed rock face with trees growing on the top. There ...
Drawing

Descending the Bluff

Date: 1948
Description: A pencil drawing of two men descending a bluff with oxen and a wagon to Winona, Minnesota. There is a church in the town below and the Mississippi River is...
Photograph

Leykauf Bluff

Date: 1950
Description: A young girl wearing a winter coat and hat is standing in a tilled field at the base of Cassell, or Leykauf, Bluff. A description on the reverse of the pri...
Photograph

View from Gibraltar Rock

Date: 1940
Description: A view from the top of Gibraltar Rock showing a portion of the bluff, left, and rolling fields and woodlands beyond. There is a pond or stream on the right...
Postcard

Horseshoe Curve

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el...

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