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Consolidated Paper Company Offices

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Description: View of the Consolidated Paper Company Offices standing on the bank of the Wisconsin River. The Consolidated Paper Company formed in 1894.
Photograph

Lovers' Lane

Date: 1920
Description: A pedestrian path along the Wisconsin River. An advertisement for J.M. Brophy general store is painted on the rock formations along the path.
Photograph

From the Top of High Rock

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Description: Ruth or Miriam Bennett in a plaid dress and hat sitting on top of High Rock. Chimney Rock is located below, on the right side of the river.
Photograph

The Narrows in Autumn

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Description: A view in color of the Narrows of the Wisconsin River in autumn.
Photograph

Old Newport Resort on Lower Dells

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Description: Riverside cottage with an automobile parked in front. The license plate reads: "Wisconsin 1938."
Photograph

Main Building Pine Glen Properties

Date: 1931
Description: View of a riverside hotel with a screened porch, and chairs and benches on the lawn. The Wisconsin River is in the background.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 144

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Description: A house laced straight into the wiry sore of righteousness,
squared off and lonely,
tingling at the sound of ice,
the libertine who drowned.
Photograph

Flooded Land

Date: 04 03 1965
Description: From back of Pairing, "Flooded land partly covered by ice at Knapp's Creek (at junction with the Wisconsin River near Boscobel), Wis. View looking toward t...
Photograph

Ferry Bluff

Date: 11 2013
Description: View down a small dirt path lined with grasses and trees along Ferry Bluff State Natural Area. To the left is Honey Creek leading to the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Stand Rock

Date: 1890
Description: A tall pine tree is standing just in front of Stand Rock, with the Wisconsin River in the background.
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 1959
Description: Wooded country lane along the Wisconsin River, covered with new snow and fairy frost.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

The Spring Green

Date: 1963
Description: Text on reverse: "The Spring Green. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. On the Wisconsin River at Highway 23, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Gracious Dining. Private...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Wagon Bridge

Date: 08 29 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Wisconsin River Wagon Bridge, Spring Green, Wis." Elevated view of the bridge over the Wisconsin River on State Highway 23. It was de...
Postcard

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.
Postcard

Plover Paper Mill

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Paper Mill Road, Showing Plover Paper Mill, Stevens Point, Wis." View of an unpaved road leading to a paper mill on the Wisconsin Riv...
Postcard

Martin's Island

Date: 04 29 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Martin's Island, Stevens Point, Wis." Two women, one standing and one sitting behind a boat pulled up on the shore of the Wisconsin R...
Postcard

Clark Street Bridge

Date: 07 20 1931
Description: Text on front reads: "Clark Street Bridge, Stevens Point, Wis." View from shoreline towards a bridge built of stone, with lampposts, spanning the Wisconsin...
Postcard

Wisconsin Deer Park

Date: 1957
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Wisconsin Deer Park, on Hw. 12-13, One-half Mile South of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Visitors Enjoy Feeding and Photographing the ...
Postcard

Overhanging Rock

Date: 04 10 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Overhanging Rock, Dells of the Wisconsin River." View of the Wisconsin River from under a rock shelf. The shoreline in the foreground...

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