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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
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William W. Cargill House

Date: 1972
Description: View across street towards the home of William W. Cargill.
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Sixth Street

Date: 1893
Description: Sixth Street in La Crosse.
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The Bishop's House

Date: 
Description: Stereograph. The house stands back from a dirt road behind a fence and yard.
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Small Child on Boardwalk

Date: 1898
Description: Caption reads, "Sam D. Conant at cottage." A woman sits on the boardwalk and looks at the child.
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Man Sitting on thresher behind Tractor

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Description: Man sitting behind a La Crosse tractor on a thresher.
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Large Tree

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: Rural landscape with a large, sprawling tree, and hills in the background.
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Old Fence and Farmland

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: Landscape view of rolling hills. In the foreground, a pile of rolled, wire fence is visible.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1938
Description: A view of a farm in the "Coulee Country" near La Crosse during the spring. There is a long ditch in the foreground.
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Aerial View of Motel Villa St. Joseph

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Description: Aerial view of the Villa St. Joseph featuring the main house in the center of the image, surrounded by a road and many smaller dwellings. A road runs in fr...
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Bird's Eye View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of the town with hills in the distance. In the foreground are cattle inside a fence near a cemetery with a windmill. The town is behind furth...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: The exterior of the public school.
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Old Welsh Church

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Description: View across graveyard of the Old Welsh Church. The Jenkins family tombstones are in the foreground. Separating the cemetery from the church is a wooden fen...
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La Crosse Landscape

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Description: View across dirt road of farms and farm buildings in a valley.
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Canning Factory

Date: 1911
Description: View across set of railroad tracks of a canning factory. There are a number of warehouses and outbuildings. Trees are on a hill in the background.
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Snow Covered Home

Date: 
Description: The snow-covered house of Thomas Pederson, Holmen, Wisconsin.
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Thomas Pederson Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Winter scene with snow-covered fields at the Thomas Pederson farm, near Holmen.
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Texting

Date: 2012
Description: Trixie, a young woman texting while standing on the sidewalk on 7th Street. She is wearing eyeglasses, a houndstooth patterned coat with jeans, and sheepsk...
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Sean Murphy

Date: 2012
Description: Sean Murphy, a professional skateboarder and snowboarder, poses on the sidewalk with his skateboard. He is gazing to the left while holding his baseball ca...
Postcard

Washburn Monument Oak Grove Cemetery

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Description: View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:...

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