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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | D. Scanlon house with small, enclosed porch, on N. Beaumont Street. |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | Woodcut of Prairie du Chien in 1836. Text at bottom reads: "Prairie du Chien in 1836. From an old cut." |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | St. Gabriel's Church. The parish was organized in 1817, the site of this church was acquired in 1836, and building began in 1839 under Father Cretin; Fathe... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This building was supposedly once used as a storage house for the Northwest Fur Co. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford, with a view of the ruins of the hospital building. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View looking up at a corner of the Diamond Jo warehouse. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | The Highway bridge over the Mississippi River, erected in 1931-1932. View looking west toward Iowa. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Benedict Octagon House, built about 1843. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Astor Company or Brisbois fur trading post. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | French Cemetery. The Stone tombs are the graves of Joseph Rolette and his daughter, Elisabeth. |
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| Description: | Graves of Michel Brisbois and (?) Tilmont on a bluff overlooking Prairie du Chien. |
| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Strolling in the garden, Gwendolyn Druyfor and Shirley Adams, are dressed in costumes and carrying a parasol. |
| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Eudora Kolowinski, from Prairie du Chien, Miss Crawford County, and Bevery Johnston, Ferryville, Miss Villa Louis, in formal dress, stand in front of the p... |
| Date: | 05 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. W.H. Guest, Madison, dressed in costume, uses the petal strewn pool for a mirror. |
| Date: | 10 1936 |
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| Description: | A view of the southwest bedroom of Villa Louis, the Hercules Louis Dousman mansion. There is floral wallpaper on the walls, and the room is furnished with ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | One half of a stereoview of the first floor hallway of Villa Louis. The hallway contains a bust of Hercules Dousman, a chair, a couch, and several painting... |
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