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Road Scenes

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: View down road. Rock has been blasted away to form the roadway. Trees are on top of the rock formations on both sides of the road.
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International Aristocrat Scout

Date: 05 16 1969
Description: International Harvester Aristocrat Scout. Right-front view. Original caption reads, "Photograph W-6098-- Low profile wide oval tires are featured on the al...
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Group of People Outdoors with Scout

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Description: A man and woman and two children are parked near a river with a red Scout truck. A cliff face is behind them. The two children are sitting on the ground in...
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Falls in the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View toward a waterfall from the river below. Rock faces rise on both sides, and trees are growing along the tops of the cliffs. Caption reads: "Lone Rock(...
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Falls in the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver across rocks towards water falling over a rock under a small wooden bridge. The rockface of a bluff rises above the bridge in the background, ...
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Logjam on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of a river with choppy waves. The shoreline is rocky on the left and a man is sitting on one of the rocks. Further down the river on...
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Lone Rock Above the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view across river from the top of a cliff towards buildings along the the top of the cliffs on the opposite side. Far below a group of people are ...
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Log Drive on the Wisconsin River

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of logs floating down the Wisconsin River, with rocky cliffs along the shoreline. A bridge and buildings are in the background, with a tree-c...
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Wisconsin River Near Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Wisconsin River, with a bridge in the distance. Buildings are on both sides of the bridge, and logs are piled below the bridge on the right.
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Wisconsin River Near Lone Rock

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view from left side of a rocky shoreline of the Wisconsin River toward a bridge spanning it. Two men are standing on the rocks in front of the bri...
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View Across Bridge Toward Bluffs

Date: 1907
Description: View looking across a bridge with steel struts toward a bluff with frozen ice falls from the snowy hill above. Signs painted on the rock faces read: "G[eo...
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Frozen Ice Fall on Bluff

Date: 1907
Description: View down snowy road along a bluff with frozen ice falls on the rock faces. Two signs are painted on the bluff. One reads: "Painting and Paper Hanging, R. ...
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People Posed Near Bluff

Date: 1907
Description: View looking up a grassy hill along a fence towards a rock formation. Four people, a man with three children, are posing at the base.
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View of Wisconsin River and Town

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of the town of Lone Rock on the left, and the Wisconsin River nearby on the right. In the foreground below is a small bridge leading over a r...
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Pebbles at Big Falls

Date: 
Description: View of several rounded rock formations amid trees. A woman wearing a hat is posing behind one large rock in the center. Caption reads: "'Pebbles' Big Fall...
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Steam Drill

Date: 1910
Description: Steam drill at work in quarry at Montello Granite Co. A man is standing on the right operating the drill. There are ladders against the stone cliff in the ...
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Spring at Walnut Grove

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Description: Spring among large rocks at Walnut Grove farm.
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Biological Laboratory at Signy Island

Date: 1965
Description: Elevated view of the Biological Laboratory in Antarctica.
Manuscript

Third Hostel Trip, Our Big Moments

Date: 07 01 1940
Description: Page of the log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in the Neighborhood House summer program for girls, with four images from the trip and hand...
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The Pines

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "The Pines, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View from rocky shoreline towards the lodge at The Pines Resort, perched above the shore be...

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