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| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting the surrender of Black Hawk at Fort Crawford in 1832. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 19 1941 |
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| Description: | Albert Wachuta (b.1875?), singer of Bohemian songs with accordion. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from hill of Gays Mills. Tree-covered hills are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Gays Mills from a bluff overlooking the town. A man is sitting on a fence in the left foreground. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Former residence of the commanding officer. General Zachary Taylor was its first resident. It was subsequently rebuilt under the command of General Brooke.... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of steps leading up to the entrance to the Brisbois house. |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A view of the Brisbois house, owned by John Cornelius. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Benedict House. Built by Dr. Alonzo Benedict and designed for two families. The original roof did not function correctly, so the builder put on a secon... |
| Date: | 02 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen employees standing at the front door of the Regal Products, Ltd. at Gays Mills. E. Tex Reddick is the company president. |
| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Strolling in the garden, Gwendolyn Druyfor and Shirley Adams, are dressed in costumes and carrying a parasol. |
| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Eudora Kolowinski, from Prairie du Chien, Miss Crawford County, and Bevery Johnston, Ferryville, Miss Villa Louis, in formal dress, stand in front of the p... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Prairie du Chien showing the Mississippi River in the background. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | This photocopy plat map represents the relative position and size of the sloughs and islands in the Mississippi River, opposite Prairie du Chien. |
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