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Bluff, Looking South from Main Street

Date: 09 06 1964
Description: Mississippi River fishing town, bluff in background, looking south from a main street and showing arcade passage through store fronts.
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House near Rock Formation

Date: 1920
Description: House built by an early Italian settler. At the time of the photograph, the home belonged to Mrs. Margaret Gelarde. Behind the house is a hill and rock for...
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Stone House in Genoa

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an early stone house. An automobile is parked on the left side of the building.
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View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Genoa along the Mississippi River. Scene of the last battle between the United States forces and the Native Americans under Chief Black Ha...
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Genoa Dam

Date: 1953
Description: View across fields towards the Genoa Dam on the Mississippi River. Tree-covered hills are on the left.
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School Store Room

Date: 03 23 1934
Description: Interior of a school storage room filled with desks and other school supplies, including a Smith Sanitary Bubbler Fountain (may be the origin of the region...
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State Bank

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of brick building. A banner hangs over the entrance, and three men wearing hats sit on the steps near the front door. Another building is on the l...
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Cemetery and Chapel

Date: 1922
Description: Tombstones at the cemetery, Looking up towards the chapel.
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Looking Northwest from Cemetery

Date: 1922
Description: View from the hilltop at the Genoa cemetery looking down towards the village, the Mississippi River and the Minnesota border.
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C.B.Q. Concrete Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: View across field of workers constructing a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad bridge.
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Vacant Farmstead on Derby Line Road

Date: 1993
Description: A small farm building standing in an open field of grass. Three trees are standing to the left of the building.
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Mississippi River

Date: 1972
Description: View from the top of a grassy hill overlooking the Mississippi River.
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Merry Christmas from Dairyland Power Cooperative Genoa Station No. 3

Date: 1969
Description: Nighttime view of Dairyland Power Cooperative's Genoa Station Number 3, located near Genoa along the Mississippi River. A lit Christmas tree stands on one ...
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La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

Date: 1967
Description: Aerial view of what is identified by the caption as a "Nuclear power plant near Victory (Vernon Co.), Wis." This would be the La Crosse Boiling Water React...
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Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.

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