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Aerial View of Contour Strip Farming

Date: 1958
Description: Aerial view of contour strip farming with the Obert Olstad farm in foreground. The Carl Backum farm is in the background.
Photograph

Baseball Park

Date: 1924
Description: View of an empty baseball park with a bluff in the background.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Viroqua

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Viroqua, county seat of Vernon County.
Photograph

Church

Date: 04 28 1925
Description: Exterior of church with people walking toward the entrance.
Photograph

Monument to the Pioneers

Date: 1925
Description: A man kneels next to a monument dedicated to the pioneers.
Photograph

House near Rock Formation

Date: 1920
Description: House built by an early Italian settler. At the time of the photograph, the home belonged to Mrs. Margaret Gelarde. Behind the house is a hill and rock for...
Postcard

St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: Right side view of the church. A hill is behind the church on the right. Caption reads: "St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Genoa, Wis."
Postcard

Bird's Eye View of Genoa

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Genoa. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Genoa, Wis." The St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church is in the right foreground. Railroad tracks ...
Photograph

Genoa

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

View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Genoa along the Mississippi River. Scene of the last battle between the United States forces and the Native Americans under Chief Black Ha...
Photograph

Genoa Dam

Date: 1953
Description: View across fields towards the Genoa Dam on the Mississippi River. Tree-covered hills are on the left.
Photograph

Town of Victory

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Description: Elevated view form hill of the town of Victory on the bank of a river.
Photograph

View Across River of Victory

Date: 
Description: View across the river towards buildings along the shoreline in Victory.
Photograph

Battle Hollow Sign

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Battle Hollow sign along an unpaved road. In the distance on the left is a rock formation covered with trees. Sign reads: "Battle Hollow Clack ...
Postcard

Fishing Industry on Mississippi River

Date: 1907
Description: Fishing implements on the shoreline of the Mississippi River, and a bluff in the background. Caption reads: "Fish Industry, Mississippi River, La Crosse, W...
Photograph

Field with Wheel Tracks

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: View down a hill of a newly prepared field with wheel tracks in the dirt.
Photograph

Farm Buildings

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: Several farm outbuildings on a hillside. A grove of trees line the hilltop behind the buildings.
Photograph

Barn Roof Detail

Date: 05 18 1966
Description: Two large trees grow near two barns. Moss grows on the roof of the barn in the foreground. A large, open valley is in the background.
Photograph

Valley at Sunrise

Date: 05 18 1966
Description: View of a sunlit valley. Several farm buildings are among the trees which border the valley.
Photograph

Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...

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