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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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Building and River

Date: 1920
Description: A large building, possibly a mill, next to a river.
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Construction of Fort Crawford

Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o...
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Wisconsin River Swamp

Date: 08 13 1961
Description: A Wisconsin River swamp. The swampy area is framed by trees with more trees in the background hidden by fog.
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View from Brisbois Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from Brisbois Bluff.
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Black Hawk Tree

Date: 1915
Description: Caption reads: "Black Hawk Tree, Prairie du Chien, Wis." The tree is in the center of an unpaved road. It was rumored that Chief Black Hawk hid within this...
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Brisbois and Tilmont Monuments on Mount Pleasant

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Description: Graves of Michel Brisbois and (?) Tilmont on a bluff overlooking Prairie du Chien.
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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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Farm Pasture with Road Sign

Date: 08 13 1961
Description: A pasture along Highway 60 on a foggy morning. In the middle of the pasture near a fence is a sign for "WIS 60" underneath a caricatured Native American fi...
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 09 07 1964
Description: View from slope of an abandoned farm with empty farmhouse and barn in a open area surround by trees and hills.
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Three Farm Buildings

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: View of three farm buildings on a hillside.
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Kickapoo River Valley

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: An elevated view, looking westward, of the Kickapoo River Valley.
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Country Road

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: View down a country road with fences on both sides. In the distant sky, a cumulonimbus cloud is backlit by the sun. A farm with a barn and silo is on the r...
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Lifting Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Fog lifts from a cornfield and low hills along Highway 131.
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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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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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Methodist Evangelical Church

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Description: Exterior view of the Church. The building features double doors, a belfry, and a steeple with a cross. There is a cart parked in the yard in the lower-righ...
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Public School

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Description: Exterior of a one-room schoolhouse surrounded by rural landscape.
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Bridge Across River

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Description: View down hill of a bridge across a river. There are railroad tracks going along the shoreline under the bridge.

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