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View looking Southwest from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o...
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Milwaukee River Dam

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of dam with a bridge further up the river. Buildings are along the shoreline and on top of the hill on the right. Caption reads: "Scene Above...
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At the Foot of Buffalo Lake

Date: 1904
Description: A view looking west over water toward the Fox River dam at Montello. There is granite riprap on the left. A boat with a small sail is in the background. T...
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Good Fishing Among the Birches and Pines

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Description: Color photographic postcard of a man in a fishing boat on Woodley's Dam north of Amery. View of the dammed water surrounded by pine trees. Caption reads: "...
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Fox River Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline looking down towards a woman wearing a hat who is sitting and fishing from one of four rowboats tied up at the sh...
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Dam & Island Paper Mill

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Description: View of a dam on the Fox River and a paper mill on the far bank. Two men are in boat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Dam & Island Paper Mill, Menasha, W...
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Greetings from Viroqua

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Viroqua, Wis." On reverse: "U.S. Government Dam on the Mississippi River." A cargo barge is about to pass through lock...
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Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's-eye View of Riverview Service Group, Looking East, At The Dells, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin." On reverse: "All the world knows...
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Tour Boat "Josephine"

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock wi...

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