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Increase Lapham Examining a Meteorite

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) examining the sixth fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin...
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Phantom Chamber

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Description: The Falls in Phantom Chamber, in Witches' Gulch.
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Cave of the Dark Waters

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Description: Looking out the Cave of the Dark Waters.
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Eagle Cave "Giant Stalagmites"

Date: 06 15 1946
Description: Interior view of Eagle Cave, Richland County, featuring "Giant Stalagmites." Wisconsin's largest onyx cave.
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Family and Wagon

Date: 1900
Description: A family of seven, including a baby, posing on and around a wagon with bales of hay in rocky terrain. There are steep hills behind them.
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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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Locomotive and Steamboats at Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: S-1 freight meets circus train at the Dells Minirama. DBC, Steamboat Winnebago, powerhouse.
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Dells Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: Steamboat Hiawatha meeting circus train at the Dells minirama (miniature model), bridge, DBC steamboat and launch.
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Freight Train Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: A Wisconsin Dells minirama miniature model showing a short train with a Prairie-type locomotive on the bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Circus Train Minirama

Date: 1960
Description: Wisconsin Dells Minirama (miniature model) featuring a circus train on a bridge.
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Cave of the Dark Waters

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Description: Stereograph of the north entrance of the Cave of the Dark Waters.
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Inside Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1969
Description: A girl is standing high up among a group of stalagmites in the Cave of the Mounds. Another girl is leaning against a railing on the left.
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Hall of Travertine, Cave of the Mounds

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Description: View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with t...
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Men in Castle Rock Cave

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Description: Group portrait of four men sitting inside a cave with a low ceiling. One man is holding a flashlight, and one man is smoking a pipe. A caption identifies t...
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Castle Rock Cave

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Description: View of a large chamber in Castle Rock Cave.
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Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1941
Description: Arthur Pond, wearing knickers, heavy stockings, a coat and hat is standing admiring the walls in the Cave of the Mounds. On the reverse of the photograph i...
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Cave Chandelier

Date: 1941
Description: The typed caption on the reverse of this photograph explains: "On the bridge above the underground lake in Cave of the Mounds at Blue Mounds, Wis., Arthur ...
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Totem Pole Room at Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1945
Description: Totem Pole Room at the Cave of the Mounds. Caption on back of print reads: "The Totem Pole Room is popular with visitors because of the rich coloring and r...

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