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Burnett & Pratt Billhead

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Description: Billhead of Burnett & Pratt, "dealers in fresh, salt and smoked meats, fish and game in season," of River Falls, Wisconsin, with a group of livestock, incl...
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J.H. Smith Billhead

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Description: Billhead of J.H. Smith, a dealer in stoves, hardware, tinware, paints and oils, from Ellsworth, Wisconsin, with an array of hardware, including tools, silv...
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One Room School House Classroom

Date: 10 1928
Description: Mrs. Nash-teacher. 1st Grade: Stella Larson, Donald Knutson, Joyce Allrich, Bernell Wetterlin, Bernard Martindale, Ruth Hanson and Edith Hanson. 2nd Grade:...
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Hager City Telephone Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Hager City Telephone Company of Hager City, Wisconsin, with a line of telephone poles and wires connecting a man in a business suit sitti...
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Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a street in a rural community's central business district. A biplane, printed into the background, is flying low overhead. A ...
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Maiden Rock

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Description: A stereoscopic view from the shore of Maiden Rock in Lake Pepin.
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View of Spring Valley

Date: 1893
Description: Valley view of town buildings and hillside.
Photograph

River Falls Rifle Company 1859

Date: 1859
Description: Typed text on back of photograph: "River Falls Rifle company, River Falls, Wis. Organized 1859, later fought with 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment in Civi...
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Village Plat of Prescott, Saint Croix Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on paper and shows numbered plots, the public square, streets, Lake St. Croix and the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Farm Fields

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Description: Elevated view of a farm, fields and hills near River Falls.
Photograph

A Wisconsin Valley

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Description: View looking down hill towards a tree-filled valley near Maiden Rock.
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Maiden Rock

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards Maiden Rock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Lake Pepin

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Description: View along Mississippi River shoreline towards bluffs along Lake Pepin, below Maiden Rock.
Postcard

Rush River Dam, Ellsworth Electric Light Co.

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver towards the Rush River Dam. A man is standing on a rock in the middle of the river just below the dam; another man is sitting next to the powe...
Photograph

Slippery Elm

Date: 04 1965
Description: A spreading specimen of Ulmus rubra dwarfs a small house in the background. This tree, with a trunk circumference of 16 feet 5 inches, was the subje...
Photograph

First Congregational Church

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Description: Exterior view of the First Congregational Church, with bell tower. Snow is on the ground.
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Swimming in Bay City

Date: 06 20 1966
Description: Group portrait of four young women sitting on the edge of a dock with their feet in the water. One woman is holding a Pepsi bottle. In the background, boat...
Postcard

Maiden Rock

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Description: View down railroad tracks along shoreline. Printed sign at right reads: "Burlington Route." Text at bottom reads: "Maiden Rock, Wisconsin — of romantic int...
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In the Park

Date: 12 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "In the Park, River Falls, Wis." A log cabin or shelter surrounded by picnic tables and many mature trees.
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From Rags to Rugs

Date: 10 24 1962
Description: A woman is using a sewing machine on a collection of scrap fabric. Caption reads: "FROM RAGS TO RUGS Our generation of grandparents make advancing age a...

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