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Main Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down Main Street, with a hotel on the left side and horse-drawn wagons on the unpaved street. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks. Caption reads: "Main S...
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Flood Conditions

Date: 03 16 1919
Description: View showing the flood conditions on city streets from the 1919 Flood on the Trempealeau River. Four men are surveying the damage. Caption reads: "Highwate...
Photograph

A Whitehall Street

Date: 1895
Description: Looking down one of Whitehall's streets with horses, carriages, men and stores. A wagon is unloading tobacco. Caption at bottom reads: "Delivering Tobacco ...
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Armistice Day Parade

Date: 11 25 1919
Description: Submarine float for parade and bonfire celebrating Armistice Day.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Independence Opera House, city hall, clock tower and public library building from across the street.
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Main Street

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of shops and businesses along Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Arcadia, Wis."
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 07 29 1909
Description: Aerial view of the downtown area, including a bridge spanning the Trempealeau River. Caption reads: "View of Arcadia, Wisconsin."
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Bird's-Eye View of Downtown and Trempealeau River

Date: 01 03 1914
Description: Elevated view of downtown and the Trempealeau River. Caption reads: "Bird's [sic] Eye View, Arcadia, Wis."
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Arcadia Wis. Out to Win

Date: 07 29 1909
Description: View of Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including a hotel, city livery and laundromat. There are pedestrians and horse-draw...
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City Hall

Date: 07 1911
Description: Exterior view of the front entrance on a corner of the two-story brick City Hall. A horse-drawn wagon is visible on the far left. Caption reads: "City Hall...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View looking down Main Street. Shops and businesses line both sides of the street including the P.J. Wossenburger Hotel, city livery, bakery and harness sh...
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Burning German Materials in Galesville

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo...
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Greetings from Eleva, Wis.

Date: 1915
Description: Six images from Eleva, including two churches, two street scenes, a dwelling and a lake.
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Bird's-Eye View of Galesville, Wis.

Date: 
Description: View of the main street and railroad tracks going through Galesville and the surrounding neighborhoods. Fields and hills are in the distance.
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Railrod Street, Independence, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: View across unpaved intersection towards businesses, including the A. Garthus building with a grocery/general store, the State Bank of Independence, the Th...
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Main Street, Independence, Wis.

Date: 
Description: View down Main Street, with the Home Bakery on the left at the street corner. Further up the block on the left are pedestrians on the sidewalk, and signs o...
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Main Street

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street - Trempealeau, Wisconsin." On reverse: "On the Grand Old Mississippi and the Great River Road near Perrot State Park and ...
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Village Hall

Date: 1921
Description: Text on front reads: "Village Hall, Whitehall, Wis." Built in 1912 of brick in the Romanesque Revival style. A memorial sign of honoring veterans, and a la...
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Post Office Block

Date: 02 23 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office Building, Whitehall, Wis." Known as the "Post Office Block," the building was constructed in 1898 by postmaster Christoph...

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