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Kilbourn Railroad Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Kilbourn railroad depot, with the Park Hotel in the background. There is a water tower on the left next to the depo...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell"

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Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and passengers.
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Bennett Studio

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Description: Bennett Studio, 200 block of Broadway, Kilbourn, Wisconsin. Post office next door.
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H.H. Bennett Studio

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Description: Exterior view of the H.H. Bennett Studio storefront, in Kilbourn (former name of the Wisconsin Dells). A display case of Bennett's images is on the wooden ...
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Storefronts in Wisconsin Dells

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Description: Elevated view of Dixon's before the fire.
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Guppey Guard

Date: 06 1877
Description: The Guppey Guard, a Wisconsin state militia unit, in formation on a street in Portage.
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First National Bank in Columbus

Date: 1915
Description: First National Bank, founded in 1861. Caption reads: "First National Bank, Columbus, Wis."
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James Street

Date: 1915
Description: View down center of James Street with a couple of horse-drawn wagons along the curbs. Storefronts line both sides of the street. Caption reads: "James Stre...
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Ludington Street in Columbus

Date: 1910
Description: View from sidewalk on the right towards the left side of Ludington Street. Storefronts are along both sides of the street, and pedestrians are on the sidew...
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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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Dells Landing

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Description: Elevated view of the Dells boat landing building, with people standing on the balcony. There is a steamboat near the dock on the river below.
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Broadway from Bennett Studio

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Description: View of Broadway as seen from the Bennett studio.
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Newman's Drive-In

Date: 07 1960
Description: Newman's Drive-In with Free Root Beer sign and waitress.
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Wisconsin State Register

Date: 1875
Description: A view of the office of the Wisconsin State Resister.
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State Register Office

Date: 1880
Description: The State Register newspaper office. This paper was published by Andrew Jackson Turner, father of Frederick Jackson Turner noted historian. Andrew Jackson ...
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Commissary Warehouse at Fort Winnebago

Date: 1898
Description: Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon...
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Cook Street

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized postcard of a view of Cook Street. Caption reads: "Cook Street, Portage, Wis."
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City Hall

Date: 09 01 1962
Description: View from street of City Hall and the corner of Clark Street at sundown.
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Village Blacksmith at Pioneer Village

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Description: A man in a plaid shirt and heavy apron holding the hoof of a horse in one hand, and a long file in the other. They are surrounded by metal wares and metal ...

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