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Out of Boat Cave

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Description: Two men navigating their canoe through caves at the Wisconsin Dells.
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Excursion Boats at the Dells

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Description: Excursion boats at the Wisconsin Dells. Boats Eolah and Alexander Mitchell at mooring, with distinctive Dells rock formations in the backgrou...
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Excursion Boat at the Wisconsin Dells

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Description: The Alexander Mitchell excursion boat with passengers.
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Island Resorts at the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 07 1927
Description: Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a...
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Rafts Below Dam

Date: 1886
Description: A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam.
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Rowboats

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Description: Fleet of rowboats carrying men and women with umbrellas.
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Witches' Gulch with Steamboat Alexander Mitchell

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Description: Mouth of Witches' Gulch and downstream, viewed from cliff. Steamboat Alexander Mitchell at mouth of gulch. Four canoes are on shore.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1403: The Fleet Just Below The Dam In The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph view of several groups of men on rafts loaded with felled trees.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1425 : Handspiking Off A Bar. A Heavy Lift

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a group of men standing knee deep in water using handspikes probably in an attempt to dislodge a lumber raft from a sandbar or from the shor...
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A.C. Bennett in Automobile at Kilbourn Bridge

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Description: A.C. Bennett posing in a car, which is parked in front of Kilbourn Bridge, with three other men. A man is standing at the front of the car and another is s...
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Chapel Gorge Beach

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Description: Elevated view of the mouth of Chapel Gorge Beach showing a canoe at the shore.
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Raft Fleet Below Dam

Date: 1886
Description: A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam.
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Raftsman's Series No. 1437 : Earning Their Money

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Description: A raftsman at work raising an oar (possibly rowing) with another man standing in the background. A second raft is in the distance.
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Lumber Rafts in Narrows

Date: 1887
Description: Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River.
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Superdome Coach in the Wisconsin Dells

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Railroad superdome passenger car passing through the Wisconsin Dells.
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Boat Cave

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Description: Looking into Boat Cave. Three men dressed as "Indians," one standing on shore holding a spear, two seated in a canoe.
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Lone Rock

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Description: Lone rock viewed from the shore; there is an empty canoe drawn up on the shore in the left foreground.
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Steamboat "Apollo 1"

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Description: Narrows; From Devil's Elbow, "Apollo No. 1" Steamboat; woman and two girls, probably Evaline Bennett, Ruth Bennett, and Miriam Bennett.
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High Rock

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Description: North face of High Rock. Two women are sitting on the sandy beach, one child is playing along the shoreline near a rowboat and canoe pulled up on the sandy...

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