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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of street, with horse-drawn vehicles parked in front of storefronts. A covered bridge is in the background. |
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| Description: | Schoolhouse at Lawerton(?), built 1859. There is a bell tower on the roof. Several of the windows are boarded up, and the door is either wide open or missi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking east down dirt road. Commercial buildings and storefronts line the road. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Decorated for the 250th celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River. The ribbons and banners are all American flag themed. The storefront to the ... |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Prairie du Chien showing the Mississippi River in the background. |
| Date: | 05 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Apple orchard in blossom on the side of a road. There are a number of cut stumps in the foreground. A house is in the background among trees, and a watchto... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across street of the People's State Bank decorated to honor the 250th anniversary of the discovery of the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of show windows of the Prairie du Chien City Library. The cardboard backing reads: "Prairie du Chien, 1918." Reverse of the cardboard mountin... |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | A cottage and trailer house community along a river. A Schlitz beer advertising is nailed to a tree and reads, "Move up to Quality / Schlitz / The Beer Tha... |
| Date: | 07 05 1965 |
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| Description: | View from the Mississippi River toward the bluffs. A residential home, old bank building, truck and railroad building are on a hill among trees below the b... |
| Date: | 07 05 1965 |
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| Description: | An old Ford Roadster and a new Ford Thunderbird parked at a service station. |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Prairie du Chien plant of Oscar Mayer & Co. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Union troops at Lawler Hall which was used as a U.S. military hospital during the Civil War. Originally built as the Brisbois Hotel in 1857, it was given f... |
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| Description: | Page from photo album showing Nina S. Dousman and three sisters posed outdoors while hiking in a coulee, north of town. Nina is seated and reading. Three o... |
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| Description: | The Villa Louis, also known as Dousman Mansion, in an aerial view. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the stone facade of St. Mary Academy. The arched main entrance is partially behind trees on the left. A bell tower sits in the midd... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View across curving brick walkway in the lawn of North Campus at St. Mary Academy. A few structures are in the background, and a bench stands near the path... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward a gazebo, section of a porch, and benches on the campus of St. Mary Academy. The lawn overlooks the Iowa Bluffs across the Mississi... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | A view of Sacred Heart College and the surrounding landscape. Each dormer window has a cross on its peak and the center of the building has a bell tower. |
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