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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A farmer and a young boy ride a tractor through a field reaping oats. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored exterior view of chapel. Caption reads: "St. Rose Chapel, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at the corner of 4th and Cass taken prior to 1937 renovation. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at 4th and Cass taken after the 1937 renovation. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Pages 16 and 17 of midwife Mary Gerrard's journal in which she recorded names and birth dates of infants she delivered. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Etching of interior of bonded warehouse with four men present, two conversing and two rolling barrels. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft on the Upper Mississippi River with shoreline in the background. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards "Diamond Jo" steamboat docked on the shoreline of the Mississippi River while goods are being loaded onto the steamboat. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of winding tributaries leading to Mississippi River. A road passes over a bridge in the foreground. Caption reads: "A View on the Mississippi... |
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| Description: | Harbor full of steamboats. The shoreline is bustling with people walking amidst the buildings, piers and bridges. Caption reads: "La Crosse Harbor, La Cros... |
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| Description: | Steamboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River with passengers. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar... |
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| Description: | Old boat yards, with numerous steamboats, and buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Several steamboats in the harbor, with J.J. Hogan Wholesale Grocery store and other buildings along the shoreline. Caption reads: "Steamboats in La Crosse ... |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | A couple walking along the riverfront in winter, with a bridge across the Mississippi in the background. |
| Date: | 1991 |
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| Description: | Head coach Dan Coughlin addresses his players, the Aquinas Bluegold Varsity football team, after his team's first playoff spot was clinched at the close of... |
| Date: | 06 2003 |
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| Description: | Governor James "Jim" Doyle throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game for the new La Crosse Loggers' franchise, at Copeland Field. |
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