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| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 09 22 1962 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of trees and pool of water near the Wisconsin River in Pauquette Park. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of the Marquette-Joliet historical marker. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. |
| Date: | 07 07 1929 |
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| Description: | Supreme Court Justice Fowler at a meeting of Women's Club representatives and other citizens in relation to the proposed purchase of the Agency house. |
| Date: | 06 1938 |
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| Description: | View of the parlor with a Nunns and Clark piano, identical to the one owned by Juliette Kinzie when she resided in the house between 1830-1833. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A view of the Indian Agency House before restoration. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A view of a house beside the canal, from the south side. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down Portage Canal, with trees and open land on either side. |
| Date: | 02 09 1949 |
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| Description: | One of five aerial views of Portage, including the frozen Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 09 01 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the factories at the corner of Thompson and Hullett Streets. A large tree grows at the curb. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Residence in Portage that was the birthplace of Frederick Jackson Turner. |
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