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The Casino

Date: 1880
Description: Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun...
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View looking Southwest from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view of Fort Howard taken from Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with the dam and river. A tugboat is in the river above the dam. Caption reads: "View o...
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Christmas Postcard of Young People in Rowboat

Date: 1895
Description: Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ...
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Old Boat Yards

Date: 1898
Description: Colorized view of a boat yard on the Mississippi River. Riverboats are moored along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis."
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Panel of the Brown County Court House

Date: 1851
Description: Elevated view across water towards Fort Howard. In the foreground is a man standing on a pier, and in the water nearby are five men rowing in a boat. Capti...
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Racine Harbor

Date: 1850
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wisconsin in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main...

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