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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of St. Mary's Institute in 1872, and a view of St. Mary's College in 1922. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View looking toward old Diamond Jo Warehouse, before the bridge was built. Caption reads: "Mississippi River and Prairie du Chien, Wis., from Iowa Side". |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the bluffs in or near McGregor, Iowa. A fence and trees are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Our Lady's Tower at St. Mary's College. Caption reads: "Our Lady's Tower". |
| 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: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of St. Gabriel's Church. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The church, originally built in 1839, was remodeled and dedicated on November 8, 1908. The Rt. Rev. James Schwebach gave the blessing. The remodeling was ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Graves of Joseph Rolette and his daughter, Elizabeth. Rolette died in 1842. The cemetery itself may date as early as the middle of the 17th Century. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, after restoration by the United States Government. In the left background is the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium, built on the... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Congregational church, organized in 1852. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from a distance of Campion College. Bluffs are in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. The American Fur Company, which had been organized by John Jacob Astor i... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Bluff Street looking east. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Benedict House. Built by Dr. Alonzo Benedict and designed for two families. The original roof did not function correctly, so the builder put on a secon... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of artesian well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of artesian well, apparently not the same one that was located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since rena... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the Villa Louis, built by H. Louis Dousman in 1870. |
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