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| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. The American Fur Company, which had been organized by John Jacob Astor i... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Former building of the Astor Company, also known as the Brisbois Fur Trading Post. At the time this photograph was taken, the structure was occupied by Ben... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Looking east down dirt road. Commercial buildings and storefronts line the road. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the "Capitol" excursion steamer pulled up to the bank of the Mississippi. The steamer has three or four decks, and elaborately detai... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Steam-powered car designed to run on ice across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien. The LADY FRANKLIN made one successful trip across, but wa... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Tourists boarding a paddle steamer along the Mississippi River. |
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