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| 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: | 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: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye panorama of Alma, from "An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Buffalo and Pepin Counties." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Woman standing on second story porch and boy standing in vineyard behind small residence. A bluff is in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View of the Mississippi River from Alma. Caption reads: "Mississippi River. Ice Palace and Cyclone Views." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Mississippi River, with Alma in the distance, a typical river town which flourished in the 1850s. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Alma from the Mississippi River. Text on front reads: "Wisconsin Scenery". |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Composite layout combining family portraits with local views. Probably the family of Gerhard Gesell in Alma. |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | Map shows plat of the town Alma and the Mississippi River. Streets running horizontally begin at the top with "SIXTH STREET" and end with "MAIN STREET." St... |
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