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Wisconsin River

Date: 1935
Description: The Wisconsin River looking downstream. The Wisconsin River end of the canal may be seen at the left.
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Frederick Jackson Turner House

Date: 1963
Description: A view of the Frederick Jackson Turner house, sold and much altered with portico added. The address of this home is 319 West Franklin Street.
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Purdy House

Date: 1959
Description: View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence.
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Purdy House

Date: 1910
Description: Stereograph of the Purdy house. View from street towards the house, with a stone wall along the sidewalk.
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Indian Agency House

Date: 1932
Description: The Indian Agency House near the site of Fort Winnebago. An interior view of the stairway.
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House near Portage Canal

Date: 09 1962
Description: View across yard of a house beside the Portage Canal. It was unoccupied at the time of this photograph.
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: Detail of the second floor rear window from the interior of the Fort Winnebago hospital.
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Fort Winnebago

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago.
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Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters Before Restoration

Date: 1919
Description: Fort Winnebago surgeon's quarters before restoration. Plans used in the remodeling of 1834 (furnished by the War department) were employed to determine the...
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Fort Winnebago Hospital

Date: 1930
Description: View of the porch and door of Fort Winnebago hospital. All but the screen door is original.
Postcard

Cook Street

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized postcard of a view of Cook Street. Caption reads: "Cook Street, Portage, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View toward intersection. Caption reads: "Main Street looking West, PORTAGE, Wisc."
Postcard

Columbia County Court House

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the Columbia County Court House. Caption reads: "Columbia Co. Court House, Portage, Wis."
Postcard

Columbia County Court House

Date: 1900
Description: View across street towards the Columbia County Court House. Caption reads: Court House, Portage, Wisc."
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City Hall

Date: 09 01 1962
Description: View from street of City Hall and the corner of Clark Street at sundown.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1962
Description: The Portage Canal between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, from the highway 51 crossing near the center of the city.
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Portage Canal

Date: 1915
Description: The Portage canal looking east from the Canal Bridge. Boats are lines up along the shoreline on the left near a long building.
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Portage Canal

Date: 02 05 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a...
Postcard

Bridge on Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "The New Bridge on the Wisconsin, Portage, Wis."
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Zona Gale House

Date: 1940
Description: View from the Wisconsin River of the house at 506 W. Edgewater Street, built by Zona Gale in 1906 for her parents after the successful publication of her f...

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