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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the pile-pontoon railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien. The bridge was built and patented by John Lawler in 187... |
| Date: | 08 19 1941 |
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| Description: | Albert Wachuta (b.1875?), singer of Bohemian songs with accordion. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford was decommissioned in 1856, having outlived its usefulness as a frontier post. During the Civil War, however, it functioned as a military ho... |
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| Description: | A man and woman golf on the west lawn of Villa Louis. They are probably members of the Dousman family. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of St. Mary's Institute in 1872, and a view of St. Mary's College in 1922. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. Established in 1903, it became a general hospital in the 1930s. A group of people are posing on the lawn ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | D. Scanlon house with small, enclosed porch, on N. Beaumont Street. |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Cornelia Vedder house. A woman is standing on the porch. Described as the house "where George Winnie, a conductor on the... |
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| Description: | 1. Stone Astor Fur Co. building built in 1808. 2. Voth Cottage, built in 1930. 3. Brisbois mansion, built 1808, by Michael Brisbois. 4. Site of Hudson Bay ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards North First Street showing the Brisbois house (center). |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Dr. Jesse Rowley is driving the buggy on the road. Dr. Rowley was a co-founder of the Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Peopl... |
| Date: | 10 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Reservoir Bluff to the east of the town. The bluffs of Iowa can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View from field of Villa Louis, the residence of Hercules L. Dousman. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from Brisbois Bluff of town, Mississippi River, and hills beyond. |
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