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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | This map show the surveyed southern part of state and includes "profile of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road." Counties are shown in pink, green, blu... |
| Date: | 1848 |
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| Description: | In 1849, northern Wisconsin was composed of huge sectional regions such as Chippewa, Portage, Brown and Crawford, whereas southern Wisconsin was constitute... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of McGregor on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 04 22 1965 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec... |
| Date: | 04 21 1965 |
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| Description: | View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the backgroun... |
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| Description: | View across the Mississippi River of Eagle Bluff and Fountain City, with a man in the foreground. The steamer "U.S. Gen. Barnard" is at a landing and a row... |
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| Description: | View across the Mississippi River showing a town located on a bluff, possibly Fountain City and Eagle Bluff, covered with snow. |
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| Description: | View, probably from Eagle Bluff, overlooking Fountain City and the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | Two men on an 1,150 foot long swing boom above Alma, which is in the distance on the opposite shoreline. |
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| Description: | Alma from across the Mississippi River. Steamer 'U.S. General Barnard" is at a landing. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Man waving his hat in foreground with Alma, Wisconsin, visible in background across the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | Group of children playing in a rowboat in a Mississippi River inlet. Alma, Wisconsin is in the background on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the city and the Mississippi River from the bluffs above the city. Photograph was taken after 1902 when the Buffalo County Training School... |
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| Description: | Groups of boys on the Mississippi River shore undressing for a swim. Alma is visible across the river. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Cassville depicting a horse cart on the river's edge, with men and boats. |
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