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Photograph

Congregational Church

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of the Congregational Church. View is from the high school looking down Main Street.
Postcard

South Fifteenth Street

Date: 1909
Description: Residential homes on the right side of South 15th Street. Caption reads: "Street Scene, South 15th St., La Crosse, Wis."
Drawing

Front and State Streets

Date: 1842
Description: Drawing of Front and State Streets, showing the first houses in La Crosse.
Postcard

Main Street, Looking West

Date: 1916
Description: View across street looking west from 15th Street towards houses on the left side. Caption reads: "Main Street looking west, La Crosse, Wis."
Photograph

Sixth Street

Date: 1893
Description: Sixth Street in La Crosse.
Photograph

Tree-Lined Street

Date: 
Description: Residential scene with a dirt road and homes on both sides. There is a church building in the middle distance, and bluffs in the background.
Photograph

Baptist Church

Date: 
Description: View from across street of a Baptist Church. There is a house next door to the church (perhaps a parsonage).
Photograph

Presbyterian Church

Date: 1920
Description: View across road towards a church with a steeple that features a bell. There is an open shed behind the church, and houses are in the background. A datesto...
Photograph

Brewery

Date: 1920
Description: View across road of a brewery in a residential area. Children are standing on the sidewalk, and on the lawn near a hammock and a lawn swing. A tall industr...
Photograph

Johnson Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down Johnson street, which is a muddy, dirt road. There are rows of houses and trees on either side. In the far distance is a Catholic church.
Photograph

South Street

Date: 
Description: View down South Street. Houses and trees line both sides of the road. Two trees on the left have had all their branches cut. There is a streetlight in the ...
Photograph

Burns Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined Burns Street, which is on a hill. Houses and sidewalks are on both sides of the street, and a small group of men are in the yard of a ...
Photograph

Affiliated Church

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter view from across a road of the Affiliated Church. An arched stained glass window is in the front on the left. Tall rectangular stained glass ...
Postcard

Burns Street

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view down a tree-lined street in a residential neighborhood. Caption reads: "Burns Street, Bangor, Wis."
Map or Atlas

Map of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1954
Description: This map of La Crosse shows residential, multiple dwelling, local business, commercial, light industrial, heavy industrial and special multiple dwelling la...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1888
Description: This map has relief shown by hachures and features inset maps of a plat of E.D. Clinton and Blackwell’s add’n to the City of La Crosse. Wards (1-10) shaded...
Photograph

Couple in Wheelchairs

Date: 2013
Description: A married couple, Carrie and Prentice Vaughn, riding together into the distance in their wheelchairs on the sidewalk on 7th Street. On the right is a large...
Photograph

Paper Boy

Date: 2012
Description: Paper boy riding a bike along Charles Street on Labor Day. He is wearing a green shirt, camouflage shorts and white tennis shoes. In the background is a ne...
Postcard

So. 7th Street

Date: 1907
Description: View down a tree-lined residential street. Hitching posts are along the curbs. Caption reads: "So. 7th Street, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

G. Heilman Brewing Co., La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of brewery, with the Mississippi River in the background. Text on reverse reads: "Aerial view of G. Heilman Brewing Co., Inc., La Crosse, Wisc....

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