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| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over rooftops looking towards Lake Michigan shoreline. Seaman's Furniture and Rooms building is surrounded by other commercial buildings. The... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of downtown Milwaukee riverbank before the First National Bank was built in 1914. Advertising painted on the sides of buildings includes B. Mock & So... |
| Date: | 05 26 1894 |
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| Description: | A rowboat full of passengers floats alongside a ferry, which travels between Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, and Rising Sun, Indiana. On the side of the ferry are s... |
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| Description: | View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Wooden flood gate of a dam. Water pours over the gate down into a reservoir. There are signs on either post advertising the interstate fair in La Crosse on... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A very large tree, with what appears to be Spanish Moss hanging from it, is growing out of a body of water opposite a shoreline. A sign nailed to the tree ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A pedestrian path along the Wisconsin River. An advertisement for J.M. Brophy general store is painted on the rock formations along the path. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men and women, all wearing hats, peeking over the top of a large log along the riverbank. Other large logs are piled behind them. A railr... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view looking across the Black River just north of the town, showing several wooden structures along the far shoreline, including the first power ho... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of people on the shoreline and on the pier at Death's Door. Signs on a tree near a snack stand on the right read: "Sm... |
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