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Painting

Boyhood Home of Hamlin Garland

Date: 1937
Description: Boyhood home of Hamlin Garland.
Photograph

Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
Photograph

Timothy Burns Tablet

Date: 1939
Description: The Timothy Burns tablet in Burns Park, near Main Street. The tablet reads: "To perpetuate the record of the gift of Burns Park to La Crosse by Hon. Timoth...
Photograph

William W. Cargill House

Date: 1972
Description: View across street towards the home of William W. Cargill.
Photograph

Indian Mound Marker

Date: 1924
Description: A marker showing an Indian Mound in La Crosse.
Postcard

Grand Dad's Bluff

Date: 
Description: View from road towards farm buildings at the base of the bluff. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the rod. Caption reads: "Grand Dad's Bluff, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Losey Memorial Arch

Date: 1915
Description: The Losey Memorial Arch, built in honor of Joseph W. Losey. Mr. Losey was an early pioneer lawyer of the town, made District Attorney in 1857 and City Atto...
Postcard

Lutheran Hospital

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the hospital. Caption reads: "Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

Sixth Street

Date: 1893
Description: Sixth Street in La Crosse.
Photograph

Wisconsin Ribbon of Concrete

Date: 11 1951
Description: Aerial view of US Highway 14 southeast of La Crosse descending into Mormon Coulee. The original caption of the print, which is undated, describes the road ...
Photograph

The Bishop's House

Date: 
Description: Stereograph. The house stands back from a dirt road behind a fence and yard.
Photograph

Man on Plow

Date: 
Description: Man sitting on plow driven by a tractor.
Photograph

Man Sitting on thresher behind Tractor

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Description: Man sitting behind a La Crosse tractor on a thresher.
Photograph

Group of Men at La Crosse Tractors?

Date: 
Description: View across plowed field of group of employees of La Crosse Tractor? The men are wearing long jackets, neckties, gloves, and hats. In the background are fa...
Photograph

Large Tree

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: Rural landscape with a large, sprawling tree, and hills in the background.
Photograph

Old Fence and Farmland

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: Landscape view of rolling hills. In the foreground, a pile of rolled, wire fence is visible.
Photograph

Farm Scene

Date: 1938
Description: A view of a farm in the "Coulee Country" near La Crosse during the spring. There is a long ditch in the foreground.
Photograph

Aerial View of Motel Villa St. Joseph

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Description: Aerial view of the Villa St. Joseph featuring the main house in the center of the image, surrounded by a road and many smaller dwellings. A road runs in fr...
Photograph

Contour Farming

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of a farm and surrounding fields farmed with the contour method. Shocks of grain dot several of the fields.
Photograph

Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...

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