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Map or Atlas

La Crosse Bird's-Eye Map

Date: 1876
Description: Bird's-eye view of La Crosse.
Photograph

View at Riley's Coolie

Date: 
Description: Upper Mississippi, view at Riley's Coolie. Four men are on a railroad handcar that is crossing a railroad bridge over the river.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of La Crosse

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail.
Photograph

Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
Photograph

La Crosse and Mississippi River

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River. In the foreground is the new bridge as of 1953.
Photograph

Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: View from bridge over the river towards the Diamond Jo warehouse on the shoreline. Hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Highway Bridge

Date: 1935
Description: The Highway bridge over the Mississippi River, erected in 1931-1932. View looking west toward Iowa.
Photograph

Bridge, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the bridge across the Mississippi River between Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and Marquette, Iowa. Caption reads: "Suspension Bridge Between...
Photograph

Bridge over Mississippi River

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline towards the bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1874 and destroyed in 1910. Bluffs are in the background.
Photograph

Panoramic View of Burlington

Date: 1910
Description: Panoramic photographic view of Burlington, taken with a local Al-vista panoramic camera.
Postcard

Tributaries Leading to Mississippi River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of winding tributaries leading to Mississippi River. A road passes over a bridge in the foreground. Caption reads: "A View on the Mississippi...
Photograph

St. Anthony's Falls

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of St. Anthony's Fall. Caption on back of stereograph reads, "St. Anthony's Falls, Minneapolis, Minn." There is a bridge in the foreground, a...
Postcard

Greetings from Alma, Wis.

Date: 1923
Description: Photographic postcard of scenes from Alma. Three scenes from areas around Alma show the town along the Mississippi River, an elevated view of the river bet...
Photograph

Eagle Point Bridge

Date: 1929
Description: View down high bridge of two passenger cars passing one another while crossing over the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Bridge Across the Mississippi River

Date: 1925
Description: A metal bridge from La Crescent over the Mississippi River to La Crosse.
Photograph

Mississippi River

Date: 2010
Description: View of two bridges, a pier, and trees along the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Turkey River Railroad Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: A Frank Feiker "Souvenir' postcard depicting a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge. A man is standing at the front of the bridge.
Map or Atlas

Map of Proposed Bridge at La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1873
Description: A map that covers parts of Winona and Houston Counties, Minnesota and La Crosse County, Wisconsin, showing the proposed railroad routes, constructed rail l...
Photograph

Section of Marquette Suspension Bridge

Date: 
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 ...
Postcard

Raft Scene & Pontoon Bridge

Date: 12 07 1907
Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of a paddle steamer towing rafts loaded with logs through an open pontoon bridge on the Mississippi River. Caption read...

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