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Kinnickinnic Falls

Date: 1885
Description: View looking up river towards the Kinnickinnic Falls. A bridge is above the falls.
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View of Mississippi River and the St. Croix River

Date: 1870
Description: Half stereograph of an elevated view from hill showing the confluence of the Mississippi River and the St. Croix River. A man wearing a hat is in the foreg...
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View from Burlington Railroad Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: View of town on opposite shoreline, and piers in the foreground on the right. Taken from the Burlington Railroad bridge.
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Point Douglas

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of a steamer at Point Douglas going upstream on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
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Buildings Along Levee

Date: 07 1908
Description: View along a levee, with buildings on the left. Dunbar's Hall, the large building in the foreground, burned down during the winter of 1907-1908. Five men a...
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Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

Date: 1886
Description: View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle.
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

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Description: Elevated view over trees toward a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
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Maiden Rock

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Description: A stereoscopic view from the shore of Maiden Rock in Lake Pepin.
Postcard

Steamboats on the Mississippi River at Diamond Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view across water towards three steamboats on the shoreline of the Mississippi River.
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Maiden Rock

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards Maiden Rock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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Lake Pepin

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Description: View along Mississippi River shoreline towards bluffs along Lake Pepin, below Maiden Rock.
Postcard

Rush River Dam, Ellsworth Electric Light Co.

Date: 1907
Description: View upriver towards the Rush River Dam. A man is standing on a rock in the middle of the river just below the dam; another man is sitting next to the powe...
Postcard

Elk Hole on Lost Creek

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Description: View across stream towards an exposed outcropping at the base of a hill. Caption reads: "Elk Hole on Lost Creek, near Ellsworth, Wis."
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Swimming in Bay City

Date: 06 20 1966
Description: Group portrait of four young women sitting on the edge of a dock with their feet in the water. One woman is holding a Pepsi bottle. In the background, boat...
Postcard

Power-House and Pumping Station

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Power-House and Pumping Station. River Falls, Wis." A hydroelectric station on the Kinnickinnic River. Today there are two dams and p...
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Greenwood Mills and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1879
Description: Slightly elevated view across a river toward a large building with Greenwood Mills written on the side. The mill is reflected in the river in the foregroun...

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