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Bird's-Eye View of Florence, Wisconsin

Date: 1881
Description: The county and city of Florence were named for Florence Hulst, the wife of an early settler. This view illustrates the two industries, mining and lumbering...
Photograph

Church

Date: 1890
Description: Church with snow on the roof.
Photograph

Florence County Court House

Date: 1890
Description: Front entrance of the Florence County Court House.
Photograph

School

Date: 1890
Description: School building.
Photograph

School

Date: 1890
Description: School children pose for a group portrait in front of a school.
Postcard

Fisher Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Florence from across Fisher Lake, with several people standing below on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Florence, Wis. from across Fisher L...
Photograph

View across Water towards Town

Date: 1890
Description: Field and trees and water are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings in the town.
Photograph

Treaty Tamarack

Date: 1940
Description: Tamarack tree located in Florence County marking the beginning of the State Boundary.
Photograph

Cotton Market

Date: 02 09 1915
Description: A group of wagons filled with cotton bales in the street at market.
Photograph

Survey Group

Date: 1895
Description: Group of surveyors from the Agricultural Department at the University of Wisconsin posing on the back platform of their railroad car 404, "the Palace Car."...
Photograph

Group of Men and Boys with Bicycles

Date: 1890
Description: Thirteen men and boys pose in a line with their bicycles. Most of the group poses with similar bicycles, except for one man standing with a penny-farthing ...

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