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Main Street

Date: 1915
Description: Unpaved Main Street with many storefronts and a hotel on the right hand side. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Main Street, Arcadia, Wis".
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Flood Conditions

Date: 03 16 1919
Description: View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate...
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Ridge Street in Galesville

Date: 1910
Description: View down unpaved residential street with a large house on the right. An automobile is coming up the street. Caption reads: "Ridge Street Galesville, Wis."
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Owen Street

Date: 06 07 1916
Description: View looking down Owen Street. A church steeple i on the right, partly obscured by trees. Caption reads: "Owen Street, Arcadia, Wis."
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Bird's-Eye View of Downtown and Trempealeau River

Date: 01 03 1914
Description: Elevated view of downtown and the Trempealeau River. Caption reads: "Bird's [sic] Eye View, Arcadia, Wis."
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German Lutheran Church and Parsonage

Date: 11 1915
Description: Exterior view of the German Lutheran Church and Parsonage. The one-story church with stained glass windows and steeple is in the background. The two-story ...
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City Hall

Date: 07 1911
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance on a corner of the two-story brick City Hall. A horse-drawn wagon is visible on the far left. Caption reads: "City Hall...
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Burning German Materials in Galesville

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo...
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Greetings from Eleva, Wis.

Date: 1915
Description: Six images from Eleva, including two churches, two street scenes, a dwelling and a lake.
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High School

Date: 1912
Description: Hand-colored view of the high school. There is a flag flying from the roof.
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High School Students

Date: 1911
Description: High school students are assembled in a classroom. Two students are sitting at every desk. Teachers are standing in the background.
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Railrod Street, Independence, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: View across unpaved intersection towards businesses, including the A. Garthus building with a grocery/general store, the State Bank of Independence, the Th...
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Bird's Eye View of Strum

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Strum, Wis." Elevated view of a small town with hills on the horizon. A church and cemetery can be seen on the rig...
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Castle Rock, 2nd Peak

Date: 09 04 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "'Castle Rock,' 2nd Peak, Trempealeau, Wis., on-the-Mississippi." Elevated view towards a rock formation on the Mississippi River. Isl...
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Minnehaha

Date: 1919
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Whitehall, Wis. Minnehaha." A Native American woman in indigenous dress, standing in the entrance to a tipi. A small b...

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