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Greetings from Viroqua
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Text on front reads: "Greetings from Viroqua, Wis." On reverse: "U.S. Government Dam on the Mississippi River." A cargo barge is about to pass through locks on the Mississippi River. Boats and pier can be seen on the left. The U.S. Lock & Dam #8 is actually located at Genoa, Wisconsin.
1950
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Group of People in Excursion Boat
circa 1910-1919
View from shoreline towards a small group of people on an excursion boat in the water near the shore. Bluffs are in the background. Caption reads: "Scene near Genoa, Wis."
Mississippi River Boat Passing through Locks
1938
Front of picture envelope mailer. Inside are nine, double-sided postcards attached to the envelope.
Tour Boat "Josephine"
1950
Text on front reads: "'Capt. Herb Droste' and the 'Josephine,' Wisconsin Dells, Wis." A tour boat and the captain, moored at the Dells Boat Company dock with other boats. The boat registration numb...
Lock and Dam No. 6
1936
Text on front reads: "Trempealeau Wis. on the Great River Road overlooking Lock & Dam No. 6 on the Upper Mississippi." On reverse: "Lock & Dam No. 6, one of a series, was completed in 1936 at a cos...
West Shore Tichigan Lake
1907
Text on front reads: "West Shore Tichigan Lake, Waterford, Wis." Docks and boats on a wooded shoreline. Tichigan Lake is on the Fox River, and there is a dam at Waterford.
U.S. Government Dam and Locks No. 7
circa 1910-1919
Kodachrome postcard of elevated view of a dam on the Mississippi River near La Crosse.
