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Rusk with Viroqua Leaders

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Description: Jeremiah M. Rusk, in black, standing on the porch of the C.M. Butt law office. They are, seated left to right, Judge Carson Graham, Judge James Evans Newe...
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Gothic-Roofed Barn under Construction

Date: 1933
Description: Exterior view of foundation and elaborate frame of a Gothic roofed barn, partially built.
Photograph

Ole Nustad Johnson

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Description: Waist-up cabinet card portrait of Ole Nustad Johnson [as written on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Johnson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20, pu...
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Rogers, Henry & Williams Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Rogers, Henry & Williams of Viroqua, Wisconsin, dealers in general merchandise, with a grimacing man in a jacket, vest, trousers, and top hat s...
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Ole T. Westby

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Description: Head and shoulders vignetted cabinet card portrait of Ole T. Westby, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtaine...
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Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype portrait of Colonel Cyrus Marion Butt (b. 1833) of Viroqua. Col. Butt is seated sideways in a chair with one hand in his lap and on...
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Alhannon Butt

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Description: Sixteenth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Alhannon Butt with hand-coloring on cheeks. Alhannon was from Viroqua, the brother of Col. Cyrus Butt ...
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Man Using Farmall Cub and 144 Cultivator in Tobacco Field

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: View from front of a man using a Farmall Cub and 144 cultivator in a tobacco field of Tollie E. Simonson of Readstown, Rte. 1, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Towering Rock Formations

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Description: View of four natural rock towers. There is a person (probably a man) standing on top of the one on the far left.
Postcard

Castle Rock

Date: 01 25 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Castle Rock, near Viroqua, Wis." A man and woman pose in front of a rock formation. This formation is a "pillar" or "rock spire." It ...
Postcard

The Three Chimneys

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "The Three Chimneys, Viroqua, Wis." A man stands on top of one of the pillars in the Three Chimneys rock formation, also known as Chim...

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