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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Alma was platted and settled in 1855, on a narrow strip of land between high bluffs and the Mississippi River. Its location made it a popular shipping cent... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View of the Mississippi River from Alma. Caption reads: "Mississippi River. Ice Palace and Cyclone Views." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Alma from the Mississippi River. Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Scenery". |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Alma across the Mississippi River, with a man in a rowboat in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma, Wisconsin, from the Mississippi." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of Alma from across the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Alma, Wis." |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Air View — Fountain City, Wis." Aerial view of town and surrounding landscape that includes trees, rolling hills, and a river. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Fountain City looking south, with high bluff on the left, and the Mississippi River on the right. Fountain City, about 4 blocks wide, ne... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of Fountain City and Eagle Bluff from the opposite riverbank. Captions read: "Fountain City, Wis." and "Eagle Bluff." |
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| Description: | View from river of Fountain City's shoreline with bluffs in the background. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of southern Alma with buildings and bluffs. The Mississippi River and the shoreline are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Alma,... |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | Map shows plat of the town Alma and the Mississippi River. Streets running horizontally begin at the top with "SIXTH STREET" and end with "MAIN STREET." St... |
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| Description: | The steamer "Ideal" docked at Fountain City with passengers disembarking. Caption reads: "Steamer 'Ideal' Excursion, Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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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