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Flooded Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 22 1965
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...
Photograph

Railroad Tracks Flooding

Date: 04 21 1965
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...
Photograph

Mississippi River by Highway 35

Date: 09 1962
Description: The Mississippi River along Highway 35.
Photograph

Villa Louis

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of Villa Louis on the Mississippi River, and adjacent buildings.
Photograph

Mississippi River

Date: 09 06 1964
Description: View over the CBQ railroad tracks. A tree line grows between the railroad tracks and the Mississippi River, which is visible in the background.
Photograph

Fishing Dock

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: A fishing dock along the shore of the Mississippi River. A man is in a boat near the shoreline, and an automobile is behind a tree. A number of boats are l...
Map or Atlas

State Postal Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1969
Description: This Post Office Department map identifies post offices, summer post offices, rural stations, highway post offices, Post Office sectional centers, rural de...
Map or Atlas

Sportsman's Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map shows lakes arranged by county, depth maps of selected larger lakes, and enlargements of Mississippi River areas. The map also includes locations ...
Photograph

Paddle Steamer

Date: 1968
Description: Tourists boarding a paddle steamer along the Mississippi River.
Photograph

La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

Date: 1967
Description: Aerial view of what is identified by the caption as a "Nuclear power plant near Victory (Vernon Co.), Wis." This would be the La Crosse Boiling Water React...
Photograph

Fisherman's Boardwalk

Date: 1960
Description: View of a crowd of people lined up fishing side by side on long pier. A railroad bridge, with a tanker car, is in the background.
Photograph

Ice on Old Man River

Date: 1961
Description: People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background.
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1969
Description: A map of Wisconsin from The Atlas of the Eight Counties of Forest, Florence, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Vilas. The map shows rivers and a vari...

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