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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."
Photograph

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

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

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...
Photograph

Callahan Home

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

Rest Stop

Date: 1925
Description: A passenger bus making a stop at the service station of Gustav H. Schwalen.
Photograph

Toasting Marshmallows with Professor Jacobson

Date: 1910
Description: Seven people gather around the fireplace at the home of Professor Jacobson, toasting marshamallows (probably).
Photograph

Grasshopper Bait Station

Date: 07 1938
Description: Grasshopper bait mixing station at Ellsworth.
Photograph

Fortune's Car

Date: 1928
Description: George Fortune of River Falls sitting in his new car, with his dog in the back seat.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Ellsworth

Date: 08 1927
Description: Sanborn map of Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Student on a Freezing Day

Date: 1911
Description: A college student setting out to class in zero degree weather. He is holding his books, and is wearing a hat and gloves, and has a scarf wrapped around his...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the row of shops along Main Street, with J.W. Allard's store in the foreground on the right. A group of men are further down the street.
Photograph

North Hall, State Normal School

Date: 1927
Description: A view of the vine-covered facade and side of North Hall at the State Normal School. Stone work decorates the top of the building and a flag flies from the...
Manuscript

Emma Johnson Liquor License

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Combination Class B Retail liquor license granted to Emma Johnson of River Falls.
Photograph

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:...
Map or Atlas

Pierce County Wisconsin

Date: 1922
Description: This map of Pierce County, Wisconsin, from the first half of the 20th century, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, villages, roads, railroa...
Photograph

Men Standing by Brendemuel's Feed Mill

Date: 1905
Description: Fred Brendemuehl and Emil Lubich in front of Brendemuehl's feed mill.
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.
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...

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