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Medina Junction Washout

Date: 1915
Description: Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th...
Photograph

Menomonie Indian Reservation

Date: 1920
Description: Sign for the toll road at Big Smoky Falls on the Wolf River. The sign reads: "Big Smoky Falls of the Wolf River. Many years ago before 1925 there was no ro...
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Van Brunt House Spring and Lagoon

Date: 1920
Description: View from shoreline towards a lagoon, and a building in the distance amidst trees.
Postcard

Dam in Elroy

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline toward the lower part of a dam. Caption reads: "Dam in Elroy, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the Main Street Bridge over the Rock River.
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1930
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Diamond Jo warehouse. A bridge over the Mississippi River is in the background.
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View down Pinckney Street from East Main Street

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Description: View down Pinckney Street to Lake Monona from East Main Street. Saint Julien Billiard Room (Fairchild Block) is in the foreground at right. Horses and carr...
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View Across the Tennessee River

Date: 1864
Description: View across the Tennessee River toward the city and Cameron Hill, showing the military bridge and some Union Army installations put up following the occupa...
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Union Steamship

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Description: A Union ironclad steamship on the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Union Gunboat

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Description: View from a distance of a Union side-wheel gunship.
Photograph

Union Gunboat

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Description: View from a distance of a side-wheel Union gunboat.
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R. Stephenson & Co. Mill

Date: 07 30 1865
Description: An exterior view across water of Robert Stephenson & Company Mill, which was a steam mill.
Print

Middle East Map Graphic

Date: 1932
Description: Map of the Middle East accompanying an article on International's involvement in building the Iraq Pipe Line. Headline text on the page reads: "Internation...
Photograph

Falls of St. Anthony

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Description: View across Saint Anthony Falls with St. Paul in the background.
Photograph

Radisson Dam

Date: 1916
Description: A view across the Chippewa River towards the Radisson Dam.
Photograph

Jack and Canoes

Date: 08 1916
Description: Jack walking along the shoreline of the Chippewa River. There are several canoes behind him.
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In the Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 06 1937
Description: The caption on the reverse of this photograph reads: "Steiro girls sitting on lake shore at Trout Lake." The girls are wearing swimming suits, and a dog is...
Photograph

Filling in the Shoreline

Date: 1924
Description: A small group is filling in part of the Archibald Lake shoreline with branches to protect the point from erosion. Names from left to right: Pete Blanchard,...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt Canoeing with Grandson Peter DeWitt

Date: 1929
Description: Lucy Rumsey Holt is paddling the canoe on Archibald Lake with grandson Peter DeWitt in her lap. There is a forested shoreline in the background. Caption re...
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Archibald Lake Shoreline

Date: 1931
Description: View of the Archibald Lake shoreline from a small wooden boat.

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