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| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. W.H. Guest, Madison, dressed in costume, uses the petal strewn pool for a mirror. |
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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: | 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: | Marquette University dean, Archibald J. Tallmadge, S.J. delivers a speech at the 250th anniversary celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River by... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man diving off a pier into the Mississippi River. Another man is swimming in the water, while other men and boys are standing on the floating pier. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A large group of men of various ages sitting outdoors on a large mound of empty clam shells. The shells have holes drilled in them, probably for the pearl ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Prairie du Chien (vicinity) about 1895-1900. Shell buyers with their launches and barges docked at shoreline. Freshwater clam shells were used in the pearl... |
| Date: | 09 1928 |
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| Description: | A clam fisher in a boat on the Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien. Attached to the long rod are many small hooks similar to grappling hooks. As the bo... |
| 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: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter... |
| Date: | 08 13 1961 |
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| Description: | A pasture along Highway 60 on a foggy morning. In the middle of the pasture near a fence is a sign for "WIS 60" underneath a caricatured Native American fi... |
| Date: | 09 07 1964 |
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| Description: | View from slope of an abandoned farm with empty farmhouse and barn in a open area surround by trees and hills. |
| Date: | 08 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View from across street of three-story, classical revival, Bay State House. There is a side wing and a two-story porch across the front. An automobile is p... |
| Date: | 09 09 1961 |
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| Description: | View of three farm buildings on a hillside. |
| Date: | 09 10 1961 |
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| Description: | An elevated view, looking westward, of the Kickapoo River Valley. |
| Date: | 09 09 1961 |
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| Description: | View down a country road with fences on both sides. In the distant sky, a cumulonimbus cloud is backlit by the sun. A farm with a barn and silo is on the r... |
| Date: | 08 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Fog lifts from a cornfield and low hills along Highway 131. |
| Date: | 08 20 1961 |
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| Description: | A tree-lined view of the Wisconsin River. The photograph was taken from an elevated area near a highway. |
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