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Views from Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view towards one side of Main Street, with the bridge over the Chippewa River in the background. Commercial buildings are along the sidewalk, and ...
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Views from Durand

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women and girls, some wearing hats or carrying a parasol, walking along an unpaved street. There is a large canvas tent in the background, with...
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Tourist Park

Date: 1910
Description: View looking downhill towards a small structure made of logs and with a large screened porch, set in a wooded area. A woman is standing on the walk near th...
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Booster Band

Date: 1910
Description: A group of ten musicians posing on an unpaved street with their band instruments. They are wearing hats and band uniforms. Automobiles and commercial build...
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Views from Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor group portrait of seven members of a small brass band posing on the unpaved street holding their instruments. The men and boys in the band are wear...
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School Buildings

Date: 1910
Description: View from street towards two white frame school buildings. Old high school building, 1876-1923. Caption reads: "School Buildings, Durand, Wis."
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Grade School

Date: 1930
Description: View from street of the Grade School building. Caption reads: "Grade School, Durand, Wis."
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High School

Date: 1930
Description: View looking up slope towards the brick high school building. Snow is on the ground. Caption reads: "High School, Durand, Wis."
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Pepin County Hospital

Date: 1930
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a large white building with awnings, labeled as the Pepin County Hospital. Caption reads: "Pepin County Hospi...
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Bank of Durand

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view from across street towards a two-story brick corner building, labeled as the Bank of Durand. Two Ford Model T's ...
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Chippewa River Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view from shoreline of the truss bridge over the Chippewa River. Caption reads: "Chippewa River Bridge, Durand, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Surveyor's Original Maps of Townships Drained by the Chippewa River and Its Tributories

Date: 1850
Description: This series of maps shows townships, ranges, sections, lakes, rivers, and roads. The maps cover areas between Township No. 26 and Township No. 42.
Map or Atlas

Map of Pepin County, Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows the town boundaries, Lake Pepin, and landownership in the county. The map includes a business directory, statistics and distances tables, an...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Marker

Date: 09 16 1962
Description: Participants in the dedication ceremony of the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical marker in Pepin, Wilder's birthplace, included, from left to right, Miss Ele...
Photograph

Durand Lynch Tree

Date: 1962
Description: A tall oak with two main trunks frames the Civil War monument on the lawn of the Pepin County Courthouse. Removed in 1977, the tree was the site of the lyn...
Photograph

The Crowd at Fort St. Antoine

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd at Fort St. Antoine celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Nicolas Perrot claiming the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France. A reenactm...
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The Soldiers of Perrot

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors in a reenactment of a Taking Possession ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France.
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Native American Actors

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors (who are possibly Native American) posing outdoors near a lodge. They are participants in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claime...
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Pageant of Taking Possession

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actors taking part in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France at Fort St. Antoi...
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Actor Joseph Schafer

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actor Joseph Shafer/Schafer telling the story of The Ostensorium in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper ...

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