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My Future Was. . . Farming

Date: 01 28 1985
Description: Farm family youth demonstrates to call awareness to the economic problems facing the family farm.
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View of Mississippi River and the St. Croix River

Date: 1870
Description: Half stereograph of an elevated view from hill showing the confluence of the Mississippi River and the St. Croix River. A man wearing a hat is in the foreg...
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Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: View of a warehouse on the levee, built in 1856.
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Warehouse

Date: 1932
Description: View of multiple old warehouses on the levee. Boats are pulled up on the slope in the foreground.
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View from Burlington Railroad Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: View of town on opposite shoreline, and piers in the foreground on the right. Taken from the Burlington Railroad bridge.
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School Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of a school building with a group of children and adults gathered in front.
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Group in front of School

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view across road towards a school building with children gathered outside.
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Point Douglas

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of a steamer at Point Douglas going upstream on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
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Prescott House

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of the Prescott House, an inn built in 1856 that served the nearby farmers until about 1870.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of a Methodist Episcopal church with children and adults lined up outside the fence.
Postcard

St. Leon Motel on Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View looking down Main Street. The St. Leon Hotel is on the right. Caption reads: "Main Street, Prescott, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down center of Main Street. Caption reads: "Main St., Prescott, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of several establishments along Main Street with people standing along the walkway in front of them. The signs on the buildings read: "R.L...
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Buildings Along Levee

Date: 07 1908
Description: View along a levee, with buildings on the left. Dunbar's Hall, the large building in the foreground, burned down during the winter of 1907-1908. Five men a...
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Buildings Along Levee

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph view of the levee, with buildings along the left. Signs on the buildings read, left to right: "(?) Hotel", "Saloon" and "Dunbar's Hall." People...
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Buildings Along Levee

Date: 1860
Description: View of buildings along the levee.
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Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

Date: 1886
Description: View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle.
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Callahan Home

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the childhood home of John M. Callahan, State Superintendent of Schools.
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Baptist Church

Date: 1856
Description: Exterior view of a Baptist church.
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over trees toward a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."

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