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Two Zephyrs

Date: 1935
Description: Two streamlined style, stainless steel clad passenger trains meet on the tracks at the base of a bluff along the Mississippi River near La Crosse. A sign ...
Photograph

Swarthout Lakeside Park

Date: 1955
Description: A motorboat on Lake Neshonoc is speeding toward the public landing, where there is a car parked and a small group of people has gathered. A man in a swimmi...
Postcard

Mississippi River Boat Passing through Locks

Date: 1938
Description: Front of picture envelope mailer. Inside are nine, double-sided postcards attached to the envelope.
Photograph

Mississippi's Edge

Date: 1950
Description: A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of La Crosse

Date: 1906
Description: A Sanborn map of La Crosse.
Photograph

Grandad Bluff, near La Crosse

Date: 1946
Description: View of a wooded hill. Two small buildings, a fence, and railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grandad Bluff, near La Crosse, Wis. This bl...
Photograph

Contour of Land in Coulee Region

Date: 07 1964
Description: Aerial view of fields along hills, surrounded by forests. There are roads and buildings, and hay bales in the field.
Photograph

Reflected Light

Date: 1952
Description: Reflected light on the snow, on Forest Drive.
Photograph

First Hay

Date: 1952
Description: A woman is driving a horse-drawn hay wagon pulling a hay loader on the William Houser Farm. A child and a man, each with a hay fork, are riding on the load...
Photograph

Mississippi Mosaic

Date: 12 1976
Description: Towboat pushing barges through ice on the Mississippi River as winter closes shipping traffic. Elevated view shows broken ice surrounding the barges, creat...
Photograph

Boathouses on Black River

Date: 1979
Description: Elevated view of boathouses floating on the water at piers along the shore of the Black River. Some of the boathouses have been owned by many generations o...
Photograph

Man Cleaning Snow from Railroad Tracks

Date: 1978
Description: A railroad worker cleans snow out of a railroad track switch with a broom. He is dressed warmly with a hard hat.
Postcard

Majestic Theatre and Main Street

Date: 01 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Majestic Theatre and Main Street, Looking West, La Crosse, Wis." An urban street with many buildings and businesses. Pedestrians, bic...
Photograph

Andy's Gun Clinic, Holland

Date: 02 1983
Description: View of a two-car garage in winter with snow on the ground. One garage door is open and a car is parked inside. A sign on the garage reads: "ANDY'S GUN CLI...

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