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Former Mrs. Oktoberfest

Date: 10 2007
Description: Kathy Vehrenkamp, Mrs. Oktoberfest 1991, walking down the sidewalk in costume and proudly displaying her ribbon.
Photograph

Girl at Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 28 2007
Description: A young girl dressed in red, white, and blue is watching the Memorial Day parade while holding an American flag and sitting in a chair on the sidewalk.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street filled with automobiles and pedestrians, with buildings lining each side.
Photograph

Straightjacketed Escape

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Description: View from street of Madison magician Ben Bergor being raised feet first (upside down) and in a straightjacket to perform an escape act outside a LaCrosse, ...
Photograph

Straightjacketed Escape

Date: 
Description: View from window looking down at the escape act of Madison magician Ben Bergor. He is beginning to make the escape from the straightjacket while the crowd ...
Print

H.I. Bliss Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of H.I. Bliss, a real estate agent, civil engineer, and county surveyor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On the left a group of three men are surveying ...
Photograph

Woman's Committee Window Display

Date: 02 1918
Description: A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The...
Photograph

Jay Street Firefighting Efforts

Date: 07 30 2011
Description: Firefighters respond to a fire at the Democratic Party Office at 118 Fifth Avenue. Viewed from Fourth Street intersection.
Photograph

Flu Shots Today

Date: 2011
Description: A mother is taking her child to the Cass Street Pharmacy, which is advertising flu shots.
Map or Atlas

Map and Statistics of La Crosse, in the Heart of the Famous Coulee Region

Date: 1956
Description: This map is intended for tourists of La Crosse. The front of the map is text about attractions, activities, and accommodations in La Crosse. The back is th...
Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wisconsin's Fun Escape!

Date: 1995
Description: This map of La Crosse is a bird’s-eye-view map with relief shown pictorially. The cover lists many points of interests and activities in La Crosse. The cov...
Map or Atlas

City of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: This map is oriented with north to the right and includes an index of streets. The back of the map features text about La Crosse.
Photograph

Rescue Squad

Date: 2012
Description: Gundersen Tri-State ambulance and fire truck personnel rescue a man who may have had a seizure at the Bimbo Bakery. The vehicles are parked in the street, ...
Photograph

Art As War

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on the wall next to the doorway of the Hollywood Theatre. On the left is a stenciled image of a girl wearing a jumper and on the right is the text...
Photograph

Mapleleaf Parade

Date: 10 2013
Description: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse international students on parade with their national flags during the Mapleleaf Parade on 2nd Street, an Oktoberfest even...
Photograph

Couple with Dog

Date: 2012
Description: A young wandering couple, dressed warmly, sits on the sidewalk with their dog in front of a Kwik Trip store on Lang Drive. Their backpacks are resting besi...
Photograph

Beauty Salon Triptych

Date: 2012
Description: Beauty salon triptych in the window of the Sampson Building at the intersection of La Crosse & 4th Streets.
Photograph

Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Date: 2012
Description: Sign mounted on a painted brick wall next to a doorway in a downtown alley. Features a head and shoulders caricature of a woman wearing glasses perched on ...
Photograph

Family Portrait

Date: 05 28 2012
Description: An African-American family poses on the sidewalk for a group portrait, while waiting at the corner of 6th & King Streets, for the Memorial Day Parade. The ...
Photograph

Couple in Wheelchairs

Date: 2013
Description: A married couple, Carrie and Prentice Vaughn, riding together into the distance in their wheelchairs on the sidewalk on 7th Street. On the right is a large...

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