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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view across water of a stone building next to an earthen dam on the La Crosse River. There is an archway on the side of the building at the river ...
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Hotel May

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks and road of the front of the Hotel May. The hotel has a wrap-around porch and balcony. Men in suits are relaxing in chairs on t...
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West Salem Depot

Date: 1922
Description: View along railroad tracks of the depot, with an approaching train coming from the opposite direction. Two men stand on the platform next to the building. ...
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Looking South on Main Street

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of Main Street paved with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing at the far end, and the ridge of a hill in the far background. A barb...
Postcard

Hamlin Garland Homestead

Date: 1950
Description: Text on reverse: "Hamlin Garland Homestead. West Salem, Wisconsin. Purchased by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Hamlin Garland in 1893 for his parents, the ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "High School, West Salem, Wis." A two-story, brick high school with arched windows and a belfry. It is surrounded by a lawn and trees.

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