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Portage Canal

Date: 1935
Description: A view of the canal locks of the Portage Canal. Men are standing at the edge of the locks on the right.
Postcard

Bridge on Wisconsin River

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "The New Bridge on the Wisconsin, Portage, Wis."
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Zona Gale House

Date: 1940
Description: View from the Wisconsin River of the house at 506 W. Edgewater Street, built by Zona Gale in 1906 for her parents after the successful publication of her f...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1945
Description: An elevated view of Portage and it's vicinity.
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M.E. Church

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the M. E. Church.
Postcard

High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the High School. Caption reads: "High School, Pardeeville, Wis. Published for Inglehart's Drug Store."
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Marker, Oshaukuta

Date: 1940
Description: A marker at the site of the former village of Oshaukuta on Highway 51, north of Portage. The marker states: "This tablet marks the site where the village o...
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Bridge Boat Landing

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Description: Bridge boat landing, with a dog standing in the foreground near a shoreline with a pier and a boat. There is a bridge across the water on the left, and tre...
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Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood.
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Mill During Flood

Date: 10 13 1911
Description: Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the...
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Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: Main Street with superimposed streetcar.
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Exterior of Portage Jail

Date: 1900
Description: Group posing on lawn outside of the large brick building with a steep hip roof. Four men are identified (from left to right) as the turnkey, William MacKen...
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Shrine in Woods

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Description: Small wooden shrine structure in the middle of the woods.
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Trees Reflected in Water

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Description: Trees reflected in stream.
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Statue in Field

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Description: Statue of St. Francis is in a field beyond a lawn and small vine-covered building on the right.
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Grotto

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Description: Roman Catholic grotto with a cross under a peaked arch surrounded by trees and shrubs.
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Footbridge over Stream

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Description: Rustic log footbridge over a creek in the woods.

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