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Sanitarium

Date: 1905
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 ...
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Bridge Over Wisconsin River

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Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline towards the bridge over the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "Bridge Over Wisconsin River, Bridgeport, Wis."
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Toll Bridge Across the Wisconsin River

Date: 02 01 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of the toll bridge that spans the Wisconsin River. Part of the bridge is covered. Several men stand along the railing. A sign warns "...
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Old Stone House Erected About 1800 for an Indian School

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view of a stone house with a group of people standing on the porch. Wood and barbed wire fencing is in the front yard. Caption reads:...
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Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced aerial view of the village of DeSoto, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View of the Village of De Soto, ...
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A View of DeSoto, Wis. from the Cliff South of Town

Date: 1920
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of De Soto, taken from the cliff south of town, looking north along the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "A Vie...
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Gays Mills, Looking East

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of central Gays Mills. The school is in the lower left. A church is on the right. Caption reads: "Gays Mills, Looking East.:
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View of Gays Mills

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Description: Elevated view of Gays Mills. A river is on the left, and there is a hill along the horizon. Caption reads: "View of Gays Mills, Wis."
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Gays Mills

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Description: Color postcard view from hill of Gays Mills in a valley.
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Stream Crossing on S.T.H. #11 M 6

Date: 08 1925
Description: View from hill across a field towards a stream running along the base of a hillside. Caption reads: "U.S. H. 61, Crawford Co. Boscobel-Soldiers Gr. Road. M...
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C.B.&O. Yards, Lynxville

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Description: View down railroad tracks running along the Mississippi River past a depot. Men are walking near the depot. Caption reads: "C.B.&O. Yards, Lynxville, Wis."
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Looking N.W. from Lynxville

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Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River at Lynxville. Railroad tracks are running alongside the shoreline. Caption reads: "Looking N.W. from Lynxville, Wis....
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Main Street

Date: 1932
Description: Caption reads: Main Street, Soldiers Grove, Wis." The main street of a small town with businesses on each side. Automobiles and trucks are parked at the cu...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Soldiers Grove, Wis. 1921." The main unpaved street of a small town with businesses on each side, including a barber, se...
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Bird's Eye View of Soldiers Grove

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Soldiers Grove." View of a small town surrounded by bluffs. The sender has written on both sides of the postcard.
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Norwegian Church

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Norwegian Church, Soldiers Grove, Wis." View from unpaved road of the front and right sides of the Norwegian Church, which is a brick...
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Depot and Train

Date: 03 19 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Depot and Train, Wauzeka, Wis." View towards a train depot between two sets of tracks, with a locomotive on the tracks on the left, a...
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Kickapoo River Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Kickapoo River Scene, Wauzeka, Wis." Elevated view of the shore of the Kickapoo River, with boats, piers and boathouses. A man in a r...

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