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| Date: | 06 1877 |
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| Description: | The Guppey Guard, a Wisconsin state militia unit, in formation on a street in Portage. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | A view of the office of the Wisconsin State Resister. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The State Register newspaper office. This paper was published by Andrew Jackson Turner, father of Frederick Jackson Turner noted historian. Andrew Jackson ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Red Bird monument, erected on the site of Ft. Winnebago and Red Bird's surrender. There is a cannon on the lawn behind the monument. A road is along th... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the Pierre Pauquette monument located at the eastern terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the America... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The Pierre Pauquette monument, located on the bank of the Wisconsin River where he operated a ferry between the years 1828 and 1836. Erected by the Wau-bun... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The sign on the gate reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery". Overgrown plants surround the fence and gate. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Old Fort Winnebago Military Cemetery". View through the open gates of the cemetery. Trees surround a monument just inside the gates. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View through the closed gate, which has a sign that reads: Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery. Overgrown plants surround the gate, and trees surround a monument j... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the commissary warehouse at Fort Winnebago, about 1898. Fort Winnebago was closed in 1845 and the land and buildings sold. Today, only the Surgeon... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a view of Cook Street. Caption reads: "Cook Street, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 09 01 1962 |
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| Description: | View from street of City Hall and the corner of Clark Street at sundown. |
| Date: | 09 01 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the factories at the corner of Thompson and Hullett Streets. A large tree grows at the curb. |
| Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Bud Leonhard, Mrs. Mildred Solheim, Rag Onstad, and Mrs. Esther Onstad, members of the Rag Onstad curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixe... |
| Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimball, members of the John Rogers curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spo... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down road towards a filling station near Portage. A man stands while filling his tank. Two boys stand nearby. Under large trees are two pumps, a small... |
| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a crowd, with costumed participants dressed as Native Americans, fur traders, and Jacques Marquette, at the dedication of the Marq... |
| Date: | 10 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Anne Marshall Kleist, in front of her ladies' ready-to-wear and accessories store Kleist and Wiggs, discussing business matters with Bob Hutchings, preside... |
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