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Picnicking by the Shore

Date: 1905
Description: Picnicking group of men and women along the shore of the Wisconsin River.
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Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Group portrait of men and women posing outdoors in full beekeeping gear. Part of a class on beekeeping in Wisconsin.
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Boating on Devil's Lake

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Description: Two men and a woman attend to boats in the lake, while three children wait ashore.
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Group Playing Cards

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Description: Stereograph of a group of men and women sitting outdoors, playing a card game around a table at Devil's Lake.
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Point Sauk

Date: 1909
Description: Two women and a man stand in the distance on the crest of a grassy rise.
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Boating on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view across water towards a group of people in a motorboat on the Wisconsin River.
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
Description: Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background.
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Government Barges Passing Through Lock at Power Dam

Date: 05 13 1914
Description: A view upstream through the lock at the Prairie du Sac dam. Workmen are guiding a barge through the lock as a man and woman are watching from steps in the ...
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Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Men, women, and children swimming, playing, and relaxing at the beach at Devil's Lake State Park. Two long docks extend into the water and the scene is rep...
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Probably Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Seven women and a man pose on a large boulder in front of a wall-like rock formation, probably in Parfrey's Glen.
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Monroe (Munroe) House

Date: 1910
Description: Three women and a man posed on and around the porch of the Monroe House. Potted plants, a flower box, and vines grace the porch.
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Llama Ride at Circus World

Date: 1967
Description: A man and woman are standing near a child riding a llama, with a young girl on the right standing and holding the llama's lead. In the background, people a...
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The Ink Stand

Date: 1901
Description: Stereograph of a formation on the Wisconsin River called "The Ink Stand." On the shore a woman is sitting on a wooden bench, and behind her is a picnic bas...
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Trail Ride

Date: 1940
Description: Two women and a man (a fourth rider is hidden) on horseback are enjoying the view from a bluff in Devil's Lake State Park. The Devil's Doorway rock formati...
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Gluths' House with Party

Date: 06 26 1910
Description: Four women, one man and a child are posing on the front steps of a screened-in porch. A wooden walkway leads to the porch, and over and around the right si...
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Falls at Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1910
Description: Two girls stand in the foreground, and a man and woman sit on a log over the stream in the background at the Parfrey's Glen waterfall near Devil's Lake.
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Entrance to Congress Hall

Date: 1925
Description: A man and woman pose at the wooden walkway among the rock formations of Congress Hall, on the Dell View Resort property.
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Hop Harvesting

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of hop harvesters, men, women and children, posing in a field at H.H. Potter's Hop Yard. Trellises of mature hops plants ar...
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Pewit's Nest

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Description: Man and woman sitting on logs near the water line at Pewit's Nest. Wooden debris on ground and attached to rock face. A small waterfall is in background.

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