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Cows Near Gates Ravine

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Description: Cows near Gates Ravine (Glen Eyrie). There is a bridge over a river in the background.
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Marling Lumber Company

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marling Lumber Company, 1801 East Washington Avenue. The Yahara River is to the right, with a bridge in the background.
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Yahara River Parkway

Date: 1907
Description: The Yahara River Parkway, with the old Lapham School at 1436 East Dayton Street at North Thornton visible on the righthand side.
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Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
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Mill Dam on Dell Creek

Date: 1930
Description: View of the mill dam on Dell Creek that creates Mirror Lake in Mirror Lake State Park (although the photograph was taken before the site was designated as ...
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Island Park

Date: 1920
Description: Island Park in Racine.
Postcard

Steensland Bridge

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Description: Double postcard view of the Steensland Bridge, over the Yahara River at East Washington Avenue. Caption reads: "The Steensland Bridge, South End of Tenney ...
Postcard

Bridge in Tenney Park

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Description: View of a bridge in Tenney Park surrounded by shrubs and trees. Caption reads: "Bridge in Tenney Park, Madison, Wis."
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Yahara River Parkway

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Description: Landscaped area of Yahara River Parkway.
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Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
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Hixton Mill and Starch Factory

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Description: View across wooden bridge to building identified as the Hixton Mill and Starch Factory on the edge of a body of water, probably a river. In the background ...
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Kickapoo River Valley

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: An elevated view, looking westward, of the Kickapoo River Valley.
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Sweetwater River

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Description: Elevated view of the landscape of Yellowstone National Park. The Sweetwater River can be seen cutting through the plain below.
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Footbridge

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Description: View from waterline of riverbank through a curving stand of small trees toward a footbridge on the right crossing over the Sheyenne River.
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Syl and Aunt Helen with Sticks

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen holding walking sticks at the edge of a steep cliff. Behind them far below is a lake or a river and far shoreline.
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Franklin Mills

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Description: The Franklin Yextile Mills and T Steven's Company seen from the Winnehesauke River. View includes the factory dam, a smokestack and tall factory buildings.
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Powhatan and Putnam Mills

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Description: View across Quinebaug river of Powhatan and Putnam textile manufacturing mills. Caption reads: "Powhatan and Putnam Mfg. Mills, Putnam, Conn."
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Cayahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of small falls on the Cayahoga River in a gorge with waterfront buildings.
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Men on Saw Mill River

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Description: View across river toward four African American men posed standing and squatting on the opposite riverbank of the Saw Mill River. Buildings are among trees ...
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Landscape with Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: A view of high water on a river, possibly the Baraboo River, in a rural setting.

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