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Painting

Boyhood Home of Hamlin Garland

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

Plan of Bridge in La Crosse

Date: 1935
Description: An aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River with the bridge drawn in to show what the finished product would look like.
Photograph

Bridge Over Mississippi River

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

La Crosse Rubber Mills

Date: 1936
Description: The La Crosse Rubber mills.
Photograph

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.
Postcard

La Crosse Public Library

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view across road toward the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

La Crosse County Highway

Date: 1936
Description: Roadimprovements along the portion of US Highway 16 known as the La Crosse-West Salem Road. At the time, this road represented the ultimate in modern high...
Photograph

Pure Oil Company Service Sation

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at the corner of 4th and Cass taken prior to 1937 renovation.
Photograph

Pure Oil Service Station

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at 4th and Cass taken after the 1937 renovation.
Photograph

8-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 11 11 1936
Description: H.W. Griswold stands beside a McCormick-Deering 8-can milk cooler.
Photograph

Tri-State Ice Cream Co. General Manager

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "Ralph W. Page, G.M. [of] Tri-State Ice Cream Co. Taken by Madison Branch House."
Photograph

Truck Driver William J. Lankford

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "Wm. J. Lankford - safe driver Gateway City Transfer Co. Taken by Madison Branch House." Mr. Lankford was likely the winner of a sa...
Photograph

E.W. and W.L. Murphy

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Two men sit at a large desk and look over paperwork. The original caption reads: "E.W. and W.L. Murphy [of] Gateway City Transfer Co. Inc. 'Automotive Admi...
Photograph

Class Portrait

Date: 1939
Description: Indoor class portrait of twenty-four young students.
Photograph

Students at Lincoln School

Date: 1939
Description: A view of young students at Lincoln School sitting around tables and drinking milk out of glass bottles. Behind the students in the background a fireplace ...
Photograph

Young Students at Lincoln School

Date: 1939
Description: A view of young students at Lincoln School clustered around a long table and drinking milk out of glass bottles. In the background two art easels and plant...
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

Street Scene

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street filled with automobiles and pedestrians, with buildings lining each side.
Print

Peerless Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label cut in the shape of a parallelogram submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Peerless Beer, As created by John Gund Brewing C...

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