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Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Mississippi River

Date: 1931
Description: Mississippi River from the Brisbois Mansion. Left to right: Dousman House Hotel, railroad station, electrical plant smokestack, Diamond Jo warehouse, and a...
Photograph

Dousman House Hotel

Date: 1916
Description: Dousman House hotel, surrounded by Mississippi River flood water in spring. View looking northwest.
Print

Dousman House

Date: 1900
Description: The Dousman House as seen from the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Dousman House, East Bank of Mississippi River, Prairie Du Chien, Wis."
Photograph

Dousman House Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: The Dousman Hotel seen from an elevated view of the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: A blurred image of a man as he is walking across the unpaved street which goes down to the Mississippi River. The Bay State House and more storefronts are ...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: This road map shows federal, state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michi...
Photograph

Town Scene, Toward the Hotel

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Description: View over town, including hotel and church, towards the Mississippi River. The far shoreline and bluffs are in the distance.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: This map has relief shown by hachures and includes a list of plats in order of date of record, laws which vacate plats, plats not shown as upon the county ...
Map or Atlas

Little Switzerland on the Mississippi: Prairie du Chien-McGregor

Date: 1950
Description: Intended for tourists, this brochure features two maps with tourists sites along the Mississippi River. One map shows roads and populated places along the ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin & Minnesota

Date: 1929
Description: This map shows the entire state of Wisconsin and Minnesota and portions of Illinois and Iowa. Counties, cities, highways, lakes, and rivers are labeled. Ro...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows the entire state of Wisconsin as well as portions of Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago a...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This road map shows automobile routes across the state of Wisconsin. Advertisements for various hotels are featured along the bottom edge of the map, while...
Postcard

River Front from Pettibone Park

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards the La Crosse waterfront. Postcard is folded in four parts, and text on front reads: "Mail Card. Write on back of thi...
Postcard

Aerial View of Holiday Inn

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Description: Aerial view of the Holiday Inn, between La Crosse on Barron Island in the beautiful Mississippi. A curved road is leading to a bridge across the Mississipp...

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