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| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and three children. The man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Chief Winneshiek. Picture taken in camp near Founta... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Arnold Gesell, which includes his autograph. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Fountain City from the Mississippi River. There is a steamer at the dock on the far shoreline. Hills in the background are reflected in the water. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Three men and a woman are posing with a dog at the side of a rambling wood frame farm house. The house has a two-story section with a porch and two single-... |
| Date: | 11 29 1987 |
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| Description: | Seven men are posing in a barn with eight killed deer strung up behind them. Caption reads: "SUCCESSFUL HUNT — Every member of this hunting party bagged a ... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo... |
| Date: | 09 1931 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the building used by Eagle Brewing. |
| Date: | 01 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a geological formation called "Natural Bridge" in Natural Bridge State Park. |
| Date: | 07 15 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the river valley from the bluffs near Alma. A small portion of the river is visible between the bluffs and somewhat obscured by lo... |
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| Description: | Man standing on bluff with Mississippi River far below in the background. |
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| Description: | Men, wagons and horses in front of J.F. Meisser's Livery stable. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Boys undressing to go swimming in the Mississippi River. Alma, Wisconsin is across the river in the background. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View of Alma from the Mississippi River, with wing dam on right. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Men on shoreline are returning logs with horses, which have been stranded on a sandbar, to the main channel of the Mississippi River. Beef Slough Company w... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river. |
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| Description: | The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
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| Description: | Six young girls playing with dolls on a porch. |
| Date: | 11 20 1959 |
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| Description: | Frazzle ice (snow floating in water) on the Mississippi River near Alma. |
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