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Gays Mills Apple Orchards

Date: 1955
Description: View of a Wisconsin Historical Marker about the orchards.
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Gays Mills from Above

Date: 1950
Description: View from hill through two trees over a road with a guard fence, overlooking the town laid out along a main thoroughfare. The area is heavily forested, and...
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View From Brisbois Point

Date: 1954
Description: View from Brisbois Point. Prairie du Chien lies below, and beyond the Mississippi River rise Iowa's hills.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1953
Description: Villa Louis, the mansion of Hercules Dousman.
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Woman's Building

Date: 1959
Description: Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei...
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, showing grave of Alice Irene Shoemaker who died in January of 1862. Calvary Cemetery is in the background.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, Father Dunand, May 8, 1817.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: French Cemetery, showing the grave of Mrs. Alexander Gardipe.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: Two graves in the French Cemetery.
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French Cemetery

Date: 1953
Description: Tombstone of Jean Joseph Rolette, first agent of the American Fur Company at this post, in the French Cemetery.
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Fort Crawford

Date: 1954
Description: A view of the site of the original Fort Crawford (1816-1831).
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: View from bridge over the river towards the Diamond Jo warehouse on the shoreline. Hills are in the distance.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view over the long roof of the Diamond Jo warehouse. The Mississippi River is on the left, and hills are in the background.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view from bridge of the Diamond Jo warehouse along the Mississippi River shoreline.
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Campion College

Date: 1957
Description: Aerial view of Campion College of the Sacred Heart.
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Lawler Hall at Campion College

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view of the front of Lawler Hall at Campion College.
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Brisbois House

Date: 1950
Description: The northwest facade of the Michael Brisbois house, built in 1815. A sign near the entrance reads: "Brisbois Residence".
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Brisbois House

Date: 1958
Description: Exterior view of the Brisbois House. A sign is on the right side of the entrance, and reads, in part: "Brisbois House Home of Michael Brisbois Early Fur Tr...
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Bridge, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the bridge across the Mississippi River between Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and Marquette, Iowa. Caption reads: "Suspension Bridge Between...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of town. A bridge over the Mississippi River is in the foreground.

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