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La Crosse Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The 400 Cass Street gas station was first constructed in 1928 and later became a Pure Oil station, when it was reopened by Henry Ott, in 1937.
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Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Date: 2012
Description: Sign mounted on a painted brick wall next to a doorway in a downtown alley. Features a head and shoulders caricature of a woman wearing glasses perched on ...
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Wheel Chair Lift

Date: 2013
Description: Crystal (Courtney) is assisted by a lift for her wheelchair into a van at Becker Plaza. The lift operator is wearing a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt. Buildi...
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Empty Beverage Bottles

Date: 2013
Description: Empty booze bottles lined up on a concrete wall in front of an apartment on 8th Street. Among the labels are, "Michelob Golden Light," "Rolling Rock Beer,"...
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Newt Gingrich

Date: 2012
Description: Former United States Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, seated and smiling for the camera at a 2012 Election Rally. The rally was held at the La Crosse Co...
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Pride

Date: 2012
Description: A neon sign with a bottle of Miller Lite for the "i" spells “Pride” in the window of the "Chances R" gay bar on Jay Street. The word "Pride" is underlined ...
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I Miss My Cat

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on a stone plinth reads “I miss my cat” below a stenciled image of a cat wearing sunglasses on 5th Street. Above, another partial sign reads "Repa...
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Election Worker

Date: 10 2012
Description: Mrs. Curt Reithel, a La Crosse County Democratic Headquarters worker, on the phone during the 2012 Election run-up. She is seated at a desk. A brick wall i...
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Blind Man with White Cane

Date: 2013
Description: A blind man with a white cane waits on the corner of 7th & Cass Streets. He is wearing jeans, a denim jacket, blaze orange hat and boots. Snow is piled on ...
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Grain Elevators

Date: 2013
Description: Large round grain elevators near 3rd Street. On the right are two billboards advertising "Ballweg Midwest Toyota" and "Boys & Girls Clubs." In the foregrou...
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Viterbo University Campus

Date: 02 2014
Description: Students walking on the Viterbo University campus in winter. Viterbo University is a Roman Catholic liberal arts university. On the right are banners, on t...
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Girl Scout Cookies

Date: 02 2014
Description: Girl Scouts selling cookies at Festival Foods on Copeland Avenue.
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Workmen and the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman

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Description: View down street towards men at work on a boarded-up building on a street corner. A city bus enters the street on the left. In the background is the Cathed...
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Hand-Painted Sayings

Date: 2013
Description: Lois Wason displaying her hand-painted saying about grandmothers, with flowers, on a board at Becker Plaza. She is wearing a light blue work shirt over a t...
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Girl with Mitt Romney Book

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: A girl wearing a coat with patches for Tommy Thompson for Senator and Feehan for State Senator stands holding a Mitt Romney book. Her sister stands behind ...
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Paul Ryan Speaks

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: Congressman Paul Ryan speaks to a group as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. Most people are wear...
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Mother and Daughters at Rally

Date: 10 30 2012
Description: A mother and two daughters pose outside of a Paul Ryan Rally Event at the La Crosse County Republican Headquarters. One girl holds a Mitt Romney book. The ...
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La Crosse Fire Chief

Date: 08 2013
Description: La Crosse Fire Chief Greg Cleveland, standing along 2nd Street, at the Oktoberfest Parade. He is wearing his dress uniform and sunglasses. On the sidewalk,...
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Mapleleaf Parade

Date: 09 2013
Description: Oktoberfest frolickers on parade during the Mapleleaf Parade on 2nd Street. Carie Ann (Schlichenmeyer) Finch and man in the foreground are wearing ethnic c...
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Giant Dryers at the Sip & Surf Laundromat

Date: 11 01 2013
Description: Amanda showing the photographer the giant Speed Queen dryers at the Sip & Surf Laundromat & Tanning Salon on West Avenue and Jackson Streets. She is wearin...

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