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Pile of Rubble

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Description: View of a man standing behind a pile of rubble. In the background is a barn, railroad car, and a large open shed stacked with lumber. Part of a foundation ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View from street of row of shops on along an unpaved street. A car drives on the street. A sign in the distances reads, "Brittingham and Hixon Lumber."
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Depot and Train

Date: 1913
Description: View down railroad tracks of Cross Plains train depot. A man in the foreground walks away from the depot. A train, exhausting steam, is stopped at the plat...
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Brittingham and Hixon Lumber Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of the Company's lumber yard. A fading sign reads, "order your coal now."
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Row of Factories

Date: 1920
Description: The back lot of a row of factories. Alongside the buildings, there are piles of raw materials, lumber slabs, carts, and a parked car.
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Section of Marquette Suspension Bridge

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Description: "Section of New Prairie du Chien Marquette $1,000,000 Suspension Bridge. Total length 3729 feet. Only suspension bridge on the Mississippi River. Open for ...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down tracks towards a locomotive pulling a passenger train into the depot. A conductor stands in an open door. Another conductor and passengers stand ...
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Looking North From Bluff

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Description: Elevated view from bluff overlooking the railroad tracks and yard along the Mississippi River. A group of men are gathered on the track near stacks of lumb...

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