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Genoa

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Description: View of various buildings in Genoa. Behind the buildings is a tall rock formation covered with trees.
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Fisherman of Italian Colony

Date: 1893
Description: Six men of the fishing colony on the shorelines of the Mississippi River. Numerous boats, logs, and fishing nets are scattered across the beach. Caption on...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View across snow between two sets of railroad tracks towards the Readstown Depot on a winter's day. Two trains facing in opposite directions are on the lef...
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Scenic View

Date: 1924
Description: A road intersection in a rural area. A tree and a shed on the left. A general store in the back. A house, a shed and a cornfield on the right.
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Hillsboro and Northeastern Locomotive

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Description: Locomotive at the depot with what may be a coal car. The engineer is leaning out the window.
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Apiary of Elias Fox

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Description: Backyard apiary of Elias Fox. Chickens are in the yard among the numbered beehives. Fox and family are posing standing in the background in front of a fenc...
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Hillsboro Condensed Milk Company

Date: 1917
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Hillsboro Condensed Milk Company factory, established 1914. Manufacturer of sterilized evaporated milk. The brick s...
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Merry Christmas from Dairyland Power Cooperative Genoa Station No. 3

Date: 1969
Description: Nighttime view of Dairyland Power Cooperative's Genoa Station Number 3, located near Genoa along the Mississippi River. A lit Christmas tree stands on one ...
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View of Victory and Mouth of Bad Ax River

Date: 08 1898
Description: Elevated view along hillsides towards several buildings, forests, and part of a river. Caption reads: "View from N.W. 1/4 of N.W. of Sec. 31. L. 12. R 6 W,...
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Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...
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St. Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Street Scene, Retreat, Wis., 1908." A dirt road runs through a small town, 9 miles east of the Mississippi River, with a large buildi...

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