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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street, with a horse-drawn vehicle further down on the right. Caption reads: "Genl View of Main St. Maiden Rock, Wis."
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Main Street

Date: 1930
Description: View up Main Street, with houses up on a hill on the left above a stone wall that runs along the sidewalk. On the right is a sign that reads: "Maiden R[ock...
Photograph

Aerial View of River Falls

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of River Falls.
Postcard

River Falls Methodist Church

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized view of the church. Caption reads: "The 'Methodist' Church, River Falls, Wis."
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Kinnickinnic Falls

Date: 1885
Description: View looking up river towards the Kinnickinnic Falls. A bridge is above the falls.
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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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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.
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

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Description: Elevated view looking down towards a steamboat pulling a raft of lumber on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

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

Fortune's Car

Date: 1928
Description: George Fortune of River Falls sitting in his new car, with his dog in the back seat.
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El Paso Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Knute Bjornson originally built this house in the 1860's and in 1933, his grandson Cooney Bjornson reassembled the humble log building to house a gas stati...
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Maiden's Rock, Lake Pepin

Date: 1874
Description: Engraved view of Maiden's Rock at Lake Pepin. A steamboat is on the Mississippi River.
Postcard

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 ...
Postcard

Steamboats on the Mississippi River at Diamond Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view across water towards three steamboats on the shoreline of the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Maiden Rock

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

Date: 07 1936
Description: A worker is driving a Plymouth "dinky" locomotive out of the entrance of a sand mine. One full car is behind the engine.
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Rush River Lutheran Church, Centennial

Date: 06 09 1955
Description: Exterior of church, with cemetery and steeple visible. A sign identifying it as Rush River Luth[eran] hangs over the door. Cars are parked outside the chur...
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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...

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