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| Date: | 10 1829 |
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| Description: | Fort Crawford as drawn by Seth Eastman. People are in a canoe in the river in the foreground. Across the river is the fort, other buildings around the fort... |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| Description: | Woodcut of Prairie du Chien in 1836. Text at bottom reads: "Prairie du Chien in 1836. From an old cut." |
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| Description: | Old boat yards, with numerous steamboats, and buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Six men of the fishing colony on the shorelines of the Mississippi River. Numerous boats, logs, and fishing nets are scattered across the beach. Caption on... |
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| Description: | View toward a river and surrounding landscape, taken from a high vantage point. In the foreground are a series of wooden structures. Trees line the river a... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Stonefield Village, with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "Stonefield, Cassville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an elevated view of Stonefield Village with the Mississippi River in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Hives on top of a shed in a flood. From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A part of his Louisiana apiary placed on a shed to prevent their being swep... |
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| Description: | View across water of beehives on top of a shed in a flood. Writing on photograph: "From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A picture of part of his Lo... |
| Date: | 1759 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps entitled "The Course of the Mississipi River from Bayagoulas to the Se... |
| Date: | 1761 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans with north oriented towards the upper right corner. It shows the land around the city, the Mississippi River, anchorages, roads leading ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Fountain City and the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis." |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across Mississippi River towards a riverside park. Buildings are along the right behind the park. Caption reads: "River Park, La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | A bathing beach on an island near a bridge, with people in the water and on the beach within an enclosed area. A canoe and rowboat are pulled up on the sho... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of an orphanage and grounds near the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "St. Michael's Orphanage — La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | Illustration of a fish hatchery on the Mississippi River. A steamboat is on the left near a bridge. Caption reads: "Fish Hatchery, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Black and white aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River, including Riverside Park, the Black River and La Crosse River. |
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| Description: | View of the cannon at Riverside Park. Automobiles are parked by the river on the left. Caption reads: "Riverside Park, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A boathouse, boat and pier on the frozen shoreline of the Mississippi River. More buildings appear in the background, a snow covered tree on the left and a... |
| Date: | 02 29 1912 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "A Birdseye View, showing Mississippi River, Fountain City, Wis." A town built between the bluffs and the Mississippi River. The unpaved mai... |
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