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Flooded Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 22 1965
Description: A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec...
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Monroe Palmer Octagon House

Date: 1900
Description: The Monroe Palmer Octagon house, built about 1852 at Neshonoc, Wisconsin, and moved to this site in 1890.
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Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 09 1939
Description: View from shoreline towards the bridge over the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
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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...
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William W. Cargill House

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

Date: 1907
Description: The court house in La Crosse.
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Court House

Date: 1910
Description: The La Crosse Court House.
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Dresbach Dam

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Dresbach Dam.
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Grand Dad Bluff

Date: 1955
Description: Grand Dad Bluff in La Crosse
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Indian Mound Marker

Date: 1924
Description: A marker showing an Indian Mound in La Crosse.
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Locks on Mississippi River

Date: 1935
Description: Locks on the Mississippi River, a nine foot channel. A man is standing above the locks. Bluffs are in the background.
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La Crosse State Teacher's College

Date: 1945
Description: La Crosse State Teacher's College.
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Panorama of La Crosse

Date: 1900
Description: Panoramic view of La Crosse.
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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 ...
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Panoramic View of La Crosse

Date: 1900
Description: Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans...
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Old Style Six Pack

Date: 1977
Description: Tanks at the Heileman Brewing Company decorated to look like a six-pack of beer cans.
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Large Tree

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

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