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Fountain City

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Description: Elevated view of Fountain City, with bluffs in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Fountain City, Wis."
Photograph

Massasoit Stable

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men and boys near the Massasoit Stable. Two of the men are sitting in a buggy.
Photograph

Gesell Photographic Studio

Date: 1895
Description: Street with Gesell Photographic Studio, which is built into the side of a bluff, about 1895. His studio was on Main Street from 1877-1903. Miller and Co. L...
Photograph

Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Southward view down the dirt Main Street, looking towards a house, two churches, and a grove of trees.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Fountain City street scene including a law office and multiple other buildings. A tall bluff is in the distance.
Postcard

View on Main Street

Date: 10 02 1914
Description: View across street of shops and other buildings along Main Street. A buggy is driving down the road. There is a bluff in the background. Caption reads: "Vi...
Postcard

High School

Date: 08 02 1916
Description: Colorized photographic postcard from across a street of the high school. There is a stone wall in front of the school, and a steep hill behind. Caption rea...
Postcard

New Jail

Date: 12 30 1912
Description: Photographic postcardview from across a street of the exterior of the new two-story brick jail. Caption reads: "New Jail, Alma, Wis."
Photograph

McCormick Day Parade

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view looking down at wagons and crowd gathering for McCormick Day parade. "McCormick Day" was a promotional device sponsored by the McCormick Harv...
Postcard

Main Street, Looking South

Date: 1909
Description: View of Main Street, with a barbershop on the left and a shoe store on the right. A buggy with two horses is parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Main Stree...
Postcard

Public School

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Description: Exterior view of the public school — a two-story brick building with a bell tower.
Postcard

Fountain City

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Description: Elevated view of Fountain City, with a steep bluff in the background. In the foreground is a street corner with a drugstore and other storefronts. There ar...
Postcard

Birdseye View of Mississippi River

Date: 02 29 1912
Description: Caption reads: "A Birdseye View, showing Mississippi River, Fountain City, Wis." A town built between the bluffs and the Mississippi River. The unpaved mai...

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