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| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards the businesses along Main Street. A streetcar is coming down tracks running down the center of the street, and there are horse-d... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Colorized view looking down Main Street. Businesses include a printer, a furniture store, and a telegraph office. A church is on the horizon. Two women are... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the countryside and neighborhoods from Grandad Bluff. Mississippi River in the distance. |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "THE STATUE OF GAMBRINUS, the legendary Flemish King, generally referred to as the inventor and King of Beer, is a famous landmark a... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the main altar of St. Rose Chapel. Flanked by statues and a fresco above. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Corner view of St. Joseph's Cathedral, dedicated 1962. There is a clock in the steeple face. Automobiles are parked along the curbs. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A group of fire fighters are posing on a horse-drawn hook and ladder firetruck parked at the entrance of the firehouse. Caption reads: "Hook and Ladder Cen... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View across the Mississippi River towards the city of La Crosse. Two riverboats are at the river's edge. Caption reads: "River Front and Harbor, La Crosse,... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View of Trout Falls. On the left bank is a group of women. Caption reads: "Trout Falls, La Crosse River, La Crosse, Wis." Bottom right text reads: "Handcol... |
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| Description: | A bathing beach on an island near a bridge, with people in the water and on the beach within an enclosed area. A canoe and rowboat are pulled up on the sho... |
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| Description: | Color view of a church built in 1897 of local stone. Located at 9th and Main. National Historical Register. |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view across street towards a church. There is an inset portrait of Leonard E. Blackmer, Pastor and Manager at top left. Caption reads: "St. Pa... |
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| Description: | Photochrome view of the columned facade of the National Bank. Caption reads: "The National Bank of La Crosse, La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | View of the entrance driveway to the Maple Grove Motel. An electric sign for the Motel is on the left. Text on reverse reads: "Maple Grove Motel, 34 Mod... |
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| Description: | View of a row of units at the Bluff View Motel. Patio furniture and umbrellas are on the lawn. Text on reverse reads: "Bluff View Motel, Route 1, La Cro... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of South Avenue Cafeteria. Automobiles are parked in the street along the curbs. |
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| Description: | View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view from the shoreline towards a lumber raft. Caption reads: "Steamer Kit Carson Towing Largest Lumber Raft ever taken down the Mississippi R... |
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| Description: | Kodachrome postcard of elevated view of a dam on the Mississippi River near La Crosse. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the pavilion in Pettibone Park. A group of children are posing in front of the pavilion. Caption reads: "Pavilion, Pettibone Park, La ... |
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