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Bell Center Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a locomotive at the Bell Center depot. Men stand on the platform.
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Bell Center Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Bell Center depot with five men posing on the platform.
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Barnum Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot.
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Barnum Depot

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Description: View from along railroad tracks of a train arriving at the depot. There is a child in the doorway of the depot, and a woman in the background is carrying a...
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Stone Crushing Plant

Date: 10 20 1928
Description: Elevated view of the stone crushing plant of the Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company on Highway 27 near Soldiers Grove, showing a truck being filled with...
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Lover's Lane

Date: 1911
Description: View of a dirt road winding through a forested area. A building is up the hill to the right of the road.
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Mississippi River by Highway 35

Date: 09 1962
Description: The Mississippi River along Highway 35.
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Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of warehouse, which was formerly a five story grain elevator. This building stood downstream from the Diamond Jo warehouse. A section of the Missi...
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Highway Bridge

Date: 1935
Description: The Highway bridge over the Mississippi River, erected in 1931-1932. View looking west toward Iowa.
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Aerial View of Prairie du Chien

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Aerial view of Prairie du Chien showing the Mississippi River in the background.
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Apple Orchard along Road

Date: 05 26 1950
Description: Apple orchard in blossom on the side of a road. There are a number of cut stumps in the foreground. A house is in the background among trees, and a watchto...
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Oil Storage Tanks

Date: 04 19 1961
Description: View across a railroad bridge of a group of seven oil storage tanks in a wooded area.
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Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: View straight through support structure of underside of a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. The far shoreline of trees and hills can be seen in the ...
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Cottage Community

Date: 1971
Description: A cottage and trailer house community along a river. A Schlitz beer advertising is nailed to a tree and reads, "Move up to Quality / Schlitz / The Beer Tha...
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Farmland Pasture Valley

Date: 07 04 1965
Description: A rural valley with a stream running through the pasture. In the background, a farm is visible through the trees.
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Fishing Dock

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: A fishing dock along the shore of the Mississippi River. A man is in a boat near the shoreline, and an automobile is behind a tree. A number of boats are l...
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Mississippi River Bluffs

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: View from the Mississippi River toward the bluffs. A residential home, old bank building, truck and railroad building are on a hill among trees below the b...
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Old and New Ford Models

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: An old Ford Roadster and a new Ford Thunderbird parked at a service station.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage

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Description: View down dirt road toward a large, partially dead tree with two trunks in the center. Nearby on the right is a person in a horse-drawn carriage. There is ...
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Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.

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