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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Construction of Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o...
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Surrender of Black Hawk

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832.
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Killing of Registre Gagnier

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the Winnebago attack on the Gagnier homestead in 1827 and the killing of Registre Gagnier. The homestead w...
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Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Hydroplane

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss hydroplane at Prairie du Chien during a flight that was intended to be the first all the way down the Mississippi River...
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Robinson at Prairie du Chien

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Aviator Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss flying boat on the Mississippi River.
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Robinson Landing on the Mississippi River

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: A crowd gathered on the Mississippi River shoreline near Prairie du Chien. They are watching pioneer aviator Hugh Robinson taxi his Curtiss flying boat.
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Covered Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View from road of a partially covered bridge. Industrial buildings are near the entrance to the bridge on the left.
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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
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Riverside Town

Date: 1902
Description: River with distant hills behind a town. An island is in the foreground.
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Kickapoo Valley

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of a town in the Kickapoo Valley.
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Gays Mills

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated view from hill of Gays Mills. Tree-covered hills are in the distance.
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Wauzeka Neighborhood

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of Wauzeka. A bridge over a river is in the background.
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Elevated View of Town

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the town with a church building in the left foreground. Caption reads: "Birds Eye View Mt Sterling, Wis."
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St. Mary's Institute, St. Mary's College

Date: 1922
Description: View of St. Mary's Institute in 1872, and a view of St. Mary's College in 1922.
Postcard

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 ...
Postcard

Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: View of Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. "The grounds where this sanitarium stands was the site of Gen. Taylor's headquarters at Fort Crawford in 1832. It was ...
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View of Sanitarium

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Praire du Chien Sanitarium. Caption reads: "Sanitarium, Prairie du Chien, Wis."
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D. Scanlon House

Date: 1930
Description: D. Scanlon house with small, enclosed porch, on N. Beaumont Street.

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