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Greetings

Date: 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings-Rice Lake, Wis." A country road curves into the distance next to a river. On the right, a rocky bluff was excavated for the...
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Steamboat Rock

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamboat Rock, Richland Center, Wis." A large formation, crowned with trees, juts over a dirt road. An automobile is on the road on ...
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Natural Gateway, Rockridge

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Natural Gateway, Rockridge, Near Richland Center, Wis." An automobile is driving on a dirt road between two large rock outcroppings. ...
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Van Hise Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Van Hise Rock, Rock Springs, Wis." The formation has a road along the base with trees growing above. Text on the reverse: "Rock Sprin...
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The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Mill Stream in the Narrows at Rock Springs, Wis." A road and the Narrows Creek run next to each other in an elevated view of ...
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The Sugar Bowl

Date: 01 25 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Sugar Bowl Rock. Dells of the Wisconsin River." The rock formation in the Lower Dells known as the Sugar Bowl, with trees growing on ...
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Devil's Doorway

Date: 12 13 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View from Devil's Doorway. Devil's Lake, Wis." Elevated view of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's L...
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Messengers Shore

Date: 06 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Messengers Shore, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis." Cottages and piers on the rocky shore of Devil's Lake. Tree-covered bluffs rise behind the...
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Chimney Rock

Date: 07 09 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Chimney Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." The rock formation Chimney Rock overhanging the Wisconsin River. Bluffs are on the left and th...
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Lone Rock

Date: 07 12 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Lone Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin." A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the right-hand side, near the shore.
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Down River from Round Bluff

Date: 08 25 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Down River from Round Bluff, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." A view of the Wisconsin River with buildings and a road along the left shoreline. ...
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At The Head of The Narrows

Date: 08 22 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "At The Head of The Narrows, Dells of The Wisconsin River." A channel of the Wisconsin River that is 52 feet wide and 100 feet deep. T...
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Devil's Lake

Date: 09 14 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devils [sic] Lake, Baraboo, Wis." An elevated view of the lake from the bluffs. Trees and rocks are on the shoreline.
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Castle Rock

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Castle Rock near Sparta, Wis." A formation about 600 feet high, having on its summit a large circular rock, named Castle Rock, for it...
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Greetings from Spooner

Date: 1947
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings - Spooner, Wis." A country road descends into a valley between tree-covered hills. On the right are exposed rock faces at t...
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Tower Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Tower Hill, Spring Green, Wis." View across water towards a rocky formation along the Wisconsin River in Tower Hill State Park.
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The House on the Rock

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock, at Spring Green, Wisconsin, on Highway 23, North of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Access to this rock is throug...
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The House on the Rock

Date: 07 25 1995
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The House on the Rock. Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588. The House on the Rock comes alive with spectacular autumn colors. This ar...
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Picture Rock at the Ledges

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Picture Rock at the Ledges, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wisconsin." A sailboat on Sturgeon Bay seen between a rock formation ...
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Big Manitou Falls

Date: 08 07 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Manitou Falls, Ht. 165 Ft., Pattison State Park, Superior, Wis." The falls are on the Black River and surrounded by shrubs and ro...

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