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Log Steering

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Description: View across water towards two paddle-wheel boats steering logs into a neat, square formation. The boat in the foreground bears the name "Georgie S." Bluffs...
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Boating

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Description: View along shoreline toward five young boys posing in a rowboat near a large piece of driftwood. Another boat is docked at a pier further down the shorelin...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across water toward a railroad bridge, constructed of heavy steel that sits on massive stone supports. Wooded hills are in the background.
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West Lawn at Villa Louis

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the west lawn at Villa Louis. Several trees and shrubs, a flag pole, and a swimming hole can be seen in the yard. A pontoon rail...
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Southern View of Alma

Date: 12 29 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view of Alma looking north. The Mississippi River is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wis."
Postcard

Southern Alma

Date: 12 1914
Description: Photographic postcard view of southern Alma with buildings and bluffs. The Mississippi River and the shoreline are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma,...
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Aerial View of Alma on Mississippi River

Date: 04 12 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of an aerial view of town looking North. The Mississippi River is on the left.
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Nelson Dewey Memorial State Park

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Description: Elevated, photographic postcard view of Nelson Dewey Memorial State Park. There are railroad tracks in the foreground; the Mississippi River is in the back...
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Three Men at Mechanic's Rock

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of three men standing in the water at Mechanic's Rock on the Mississippi River.
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River from a bluff. There is a farm and other houses along the shoreline, and in the foreground a boy stands on the bluff ...
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View of the Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a landscape from the bluffs along the Mississippi River, over Lake Pepin, looking toward Lake City.
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View of the Bluffs

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view from bluffs, looking north-east toward Lake City, Minnesota and Lake Pepin of the Mississippi River.
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The Buffalo Head

Date: 04 09 1936
Description: The Buffalo Head, a 'native' stone sculpture by the Mississippi River at the junction of Flint Ledge and Indian trails in Wyalusing State Park.

The verso...

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Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
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Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1972
Description: Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ...
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Maiden Rock

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards Maiden Rock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Lake Pepin

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Description: View along Mississippi River shoreline towards bluffs along Lake Pepin, below Maiden Rock.
Postcard

Fountain City as seen from the Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View of Fountain City from the Mississippi River. There is a steamer at the dock on the far shoreline. Hills in the background are reflected in the water.
Postcard

Fountain City

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Fountain City, with the Mississippi River on the right, and hills in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis."
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River Front and Harbor

Date: 1908
Description: View across the Mississippi River towards the city of La Crosse. Two riverboats are at the river's edge. Caption reads: "River Front and Harbor, La Crosse,...

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