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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Panoramic photographic view of Burlington, taken with a local Al-vista panoramic camera. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Map reads, "Map of Wisconsin". The map includes the counties, an inset of the city of Milwaukee, total population of each county and of the state. The scal... |
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| Description: | Map reads: "Historic and Scenic Wisconsin — Land of Gathering Waters." In an inset there is a hand-painted depiction of the Wisconsin State Seal. For some ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft on the Upper Mississippi River with shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards "Diamond Jo" steamboat docked on the shoreline of the Mississippi River while goods are being loaded onto the steamboat. |
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| Description: | "Ottumwa Belle" on the Mississippi River. Built in 1895, the sternwheel rafter was used on the Mississippi River until 1920, when the rafter was renamed "I... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Harbor full of steamboats. The shoreline is bustling with people walking amidst the buildings, piers and bridges. Caption reads: "La Crosse Harbor, La Cros... |
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| Description: | Steamboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River with passengers. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar... |
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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: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Several steamboats in the harbor, with J.J. Hogan Wholesale Grocery store and other buildings along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Steamboats in La Crosse ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking down towards a steamboat pulling a raft of lumber on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees toward a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, 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: | Drawing of a flatboat, possibly a part of the fur trade, navigating the Mississippi River. The flatboat is carrying barrels of unidentified goods, and ther... |
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| Description: | Fishing nets and implements and boats along the shoreline of the Mississippi River, with buildings visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
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