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| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| 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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| Description: | View down center of railroad bridge over the Wisconsin River near Lone Rock. |
| Date: | 02 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the toll bridge that spans the Wisconsin River. Part of the bridge is covered. Several men stand along the railing. A sign warns "... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A bridge with both a wooden walkway for pedestrians and a dirt road for automobiles. Two men and a horse are standing on the other side of the bridge. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View down middle of road of car driving across a bridge over Sugar River. Another car is parked by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the post office. On the sidewalk, a man and woman stand and three men sit on the steps. A black car is parked at the curb. A hand-powered pump ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Bridgeport depot on the Wisconsin River. A group of men and boys pose on the platform. There is a Wells Fargo Company Express sign bel... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across the Wisconsin River. Men and boys stand on the railing of the covered bridge. A sign warns: "look out for the cars." |
| Date: | 08 29 1930 |
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| Description: | Workers pose at the entrance of the old bridge. There are railroad tracks in the foreground with signs that read, "free bridge," "men working," and "cautio... |
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| Description: | View down road of entrance of bridge. A car is driving towards the viewer. Signs at the bridge entrance read: "Parking on the Bridge is Prohibited," "Wisco... |
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| Description: | The Browntown train depot. The depot offers Wells Fargo & Company Express delivery and Western Union telegraph service. There are two carts on the platform... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A man and a child pose on the dock of a paddle ferry boat named "Dewey." An American flag is affixed to the boat, there is a bell attached on a platform ne... |
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| Description: | A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Wooden flood gate with water pouring out. There are signs on either post advertising the interstate fair in La Crosse on September 23-27. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Wooden flood gate of a dam. Water pours over the gate down into a reservoir. There are signs on either post advertising the interstate fair in La Crosse on... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on th... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the... |
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| Description: | Locomotive at the De Soto depot on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line. The Mississippi River is on the left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down double set of railroad tracks with the De Soto depot on the left and the Mississippi River on the right. A car is parked at the depot, and bluffs... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View along a brick platform towards the Glen Haven depot, where two men stand against the building. Behind the depot is a building with a sign for the "Me... |
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