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Trempealeau County View

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of Trempealeau County, south of Arcadia.
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Print

Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved view of miners and hillside mines in the Lead Region. Caption reads: "Sketch of the Lead Region."
Photograph

Lead Mining Blast Furnace

Date: 1850
Description: Blast furnace, also known as a Scotch hearth used in lead mining.
Photograph

Penisular Power Company

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Description: Panoramic group portrait of workers, who are building the Penisular Power Company, located on the Brule River.
Photograph

Desert Prayer

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Description: A camel stands on the desert sands near Biskra, Algeria, as two men pause to face Mecca and pray.
Photograph

Rocky Farmland

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Description: Field of rocks with a farm in the background.
Photograph

Horse Bones

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Description: Horse bones, possibly from the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Print

Battle of the Brule

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Description: An illustration titled "The Battle of the Brule" based on an 1840's battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota Sioux over territory in the Ashland, Wisconsin are...
Photograph

Norwegian Mountain Village

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Description: Elevated view of a town and body of water in a valley in Roldal, Norway. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are in the foreground on the road leading from...
Postcard

Cowgirl

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Description: Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground.
Print

Little Falls

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background.
Photograph

Scandinavian Women

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Description: View of a mountaintop house and other buildings with sod roofs. Two women, who are possibly Swiss or Norwegian, are in the foreground sitting on a steep hi...
Postcard

A Rural Procession of Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: View of a procession of horse-drawn carriages along a dirt road through a field. The second carriage from the left is a hearse. There is a farm in the back...
Postcard

Birds-Eye View of Humbird, Wis.

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Description: Elevated view of the Village of Humbird. Caption reads: "BirdeEye, Humbird, Wis."
Photograph

Pasture Near Spring Green

Date: 05 20 1962
Description: View across a field toward a wooded hillside. A fence is along the edge of the field. Caption reads: "Spring Green (vicinity) Wis May 20 1962 Sunny pasture...
Postcard

Stream Crossing on S.T.H. #11 M 6

Date: 08 1925
Description: View from hill across a field towards a stream running along the base of a hillside. Caption reads: "U.S. H. 61, Crawford Co. Boscobel-Soldiers Gr. Road. M...
Photograph

Cut Rock, Peninsula State Park

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: View of rock face along a trail. The rock has been cut, and there is graffiti on the rock.
Photograph

Table Land North of Battle Hollow and South of Bad Ax River

Date: 08 1898
Description: Caption reads: "View from N.E. 1/4 of S.E. 1/4 Sec. 36 L. 12 R 7 W. looking toward Victory, Vernon Co. Wis., showing last 4 miles of trail of Atkinson's Ar...
Photograph

View from Bluff, Roche-a-Cri

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Description: View from a bluff overlooking a glacial drumlin and a hill in the distance. Identified via caption as Roche-a-Cri.

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