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Raftsman's Series No. 1434: Breasting An Oar - Just To Steady Her

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Description: Stereograph of a man on raft holding end of oar at chest level. There is rope coiled in the foreground.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1436: Taking It Easy. Leaving The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman, Jim Aljoe, standing with his elbow propped on his knee holding the end of the rudder. A second man is sitting on the raft in the...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1438: Making A Crossing. Hold Her Heavy Pard

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Description: Stereograph of two raftsmen holding a hand-hewn oar above their heads and leaning into it. Another man at the other end of the raft is doing the same.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1439: We Are Broke Up - Take Our Line

Date: 1886
Description: Two men on a raft that is breaking up are throwing a rope to a man standing on rocks on the riverbank.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1440: Snubbing. Clear That Line, Quick

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a raftsman holding a rope as a second man runs towards the edge of the raft.
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Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl

Date: 10 1889
Description: South side of Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl. Hattie and John Bennett in the boat; Nellie Bennett seated beneath the tree.
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Mouth of Cold Water Canyon

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Description: View towards a man in a rowboat at the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.
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Romance Cliff

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Description: Romance Cliff, downstream from foot. There is a steamboat in the distance.
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Chimney Rock

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Description: Chimney Rock, south face.
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High Rock from Romance Cliff

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Description: View of High Rock from Romance Cliff.
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Cold Water Canyon

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Description: Up the river from the mouth of Cold Water Canyon.
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Lower Jaws from Stone Pile

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Description: Lower Jaws from Stone Pile. Two men are in a canoe near the shore at left.
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Hemlock Notch and Armchair

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Description: Hemlock Notch; there is an armchair in the left foreground.
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Witches' Gulch

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Description: Up from the foot of the cliff at the mouth Witches' Gulch. Two women are posing sitting on the right. There is a third person in the lower left-hand corner...
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Graffiti at Narrows

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Description: View of Narrows from Black Hawk's Leap. Graffiti on rocks reads: "Leroy Gates, Dells River Pilot 1849 to 1858."
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Romance Cliff

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Description: View of Romance Cliff from first bar above High Rock.
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Steamboat Rock

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Description: Opposite Steamboat Rock. Two men are in a canoe near the shore in the foreground.
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Navy Yard from Black Hawk's Leap

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Description: Navy Yard from Black Hawk's Leap.
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Romance Cliff

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Description: Romance Cliff from upstream.
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Ho-Chunk Ceremonial Performers

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Description: Ho-Chunk ceremonial performers posing on the sandy riverbank in front of a steamboat and rock formation.

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