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| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Alma was platted and settled in 1855, on a narrow strip of land between high bluffs and the Mississippi River. Its location made it a popular shipping cent... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking south over Fountain City and river. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 04 06 1899 |
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| Description: | Street view showing Alma Milling Co. building on fire. Photograph was taken from Gerhard Gesell's studio balcony. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Bertha Gesell feeding a calf from a pan. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Abandoned mill, formerly called the Modena Roller Mills. The first mill was built in 1865 (now torn down). |
| Date: | 08 1977 |
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| Description: | A farmstead under a large tree, with fields and wooded hills in the background. |
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| Description: | A parade of patriotically decorated automobiles progresses down the 100 block of North Main Street. |
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| Description: | Group of children playing in a rowboat in a Mississippi River inlet. Alma, Wisconsin is in the background on the opposite shoreline. |
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| Description: | Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ... |
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