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H.H. Bennett and Dark Tent at Gates Ravine

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Description: View up the river from behind Gates Ravine. There is a boat and dark tent at the edge of the river. H.H. Bennett is sitting on rowboat with his wetplate te...
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Fort Rider

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Description: Rock formations along the top of Fort Rider. The photographer's wet negative plate equipment is at foot of the rock formation.
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Pillar Rock, Fort Danger

Date: 07 1873
Description: Adams and Juneau Counties. Pillar Rock, Fort Danger. There is a man with an 8 x 10 camera in the foreground.
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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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H.H. Bennett on "Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: H.H. Bennett and group of men posing on bow of "Dell Queen" steamboat. There are two men with violins, one with a harp.
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H.H. Bennett Climbing Rocks at Dells

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Description: View of H.H. Bennett climbing rocks at Dells.
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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H.H. Bennett at Sugar Bowl

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Description: View down sandy beach towards H.H. Bennett and Ruth Bennett on shore near Sugar Bowl. H.H. Bennett is holding a camera over his shoulder. There is an unide...
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Chapelle and FLN Rebels

Date: 1957
Description: Dickey Chapelle sits and drinks coffee with the FLN Scorpion Battalion Rebels in the Atlas Mountains in Algeria.
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Indian Petroglyphs

Date: 1960
Description: Norb Bybee shoots a self-portrait with his camera of petroglyphs that are carved in the face of a rock shelter near Gullikson's Glen.
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Portrait of Photographer Matthew Witt

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Description: Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself.
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Three Men in Clearing

Date: 09 1910
Description: Three man stand in a small clearing on a steep rocky hill amid fallen trees. The small waterfall behind the men was the water power for the Leighton-Wyomin...
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Bennett on Platform in the Wisconsin River

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Description: Henry Hamilton Bennett stands with his camera on a platform. He built the platform in order to take photographs of passengers in the boats that toured the ...
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Hotz Family

Date: 1915
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses with his wife Clothilde (with glasses), son Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy) and one of his daughters on Champagne Rock on Cottage Row.
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In and About the Dells of the Wisconsin River — On the Way to Stand Rock #90

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Description: Stereograph of Bennett's crew hauling a portable darkroom through a pond of water. They are on their way to Stand Rock. Text at right: "Wanderings Among th...
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H.H. Bennett with Camera near Steamboat Rock

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Description: Stereograph of H.H. Bennett manning his camera on shore near Steamboat Rock. A woman is in a canoe near the shoreline, and a man is reading a book on the f...
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Mrs. A.S. Richards

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Description: Stereograph of Mrs. A.S. Richards posing with a camera and tripod over her shoulder among boulders. There is a box, probably holding glass-plate negatives,...

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