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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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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 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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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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Ansel Adams on Camera Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of Ansel Adams making a photograph from the platform mounted atop his International Travelall. He is using an 8 x 10 field camera and an assi...
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor and Niece

Date: 1944
Description: J. Robert Taylor, his niece Fern Stauff Peters, and a dog are sitting on rocks near a river. Taylor is holding what appears to be a camera.
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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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International Scout Truck on Mountain

Date: 1967
Description: Photographer Shelley Grossman leans out the driver's side window of an International Scout truck as he drives through the Rocky Mountains.
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Jayne Blodgett

Date: 1949
Description: "Jayne Blodgett - Conover Model." A photographer with a 4x5 press camera is shooting from the opposite direction.
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew filming a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A camer...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew shooting a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A came...
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Crystal Ball

Date: 1966
Description: "On Groundhog Day, Andrew J. Mueller went out early with his camera and set up a crystal ball to aid the groundhog in his predictions. He set up the camera...
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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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Large Group of People Posing Outdoors

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Description: View down slope towards a large group of men, women, and children posing sitting and standing in a wooded field in front of a traveling photographer's wago...
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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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War Correspondent Interviews Two Generals

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Civilian war correspondent Robert Doyle interviewing Major General William Hanson Gill (left), and Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger (right), at Ca...

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