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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by Cal Peters depicting construction of the first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1816. In the painting, several o... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting of the second Fort Crawford, built 1829-1835. Two men are in a boat in the water in the foreground. The first Fort Crawford at Pra... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Artesian Well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). It was dubbed by some... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ... |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | Illustration of Fort Crawford. Caption reads: "Fort Crawford in 1830, Prairie Du Chien, Wis." |
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| Description: | A man and woman golf on the west lawn of Villa Louis. They are probably members of the Dousman family. |
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| Description: | Quarter plate daguerreotype of the Cornelia Vedder house. A woman is standing on the porch. Described as the house "where George Winnie, a conductor on the... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View from field of Villa Louis, the residence of Hercules L. Dousman. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Villa Louis on the Mississippi River, and adjacent buildings. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | One-half stereograph of town, elevated view looking northeast from Case's Block. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the bluffs in or near McGregor, Iowa. A fence and trees are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the Marquette monument at St. Mary's Academy. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of a statue of Marquette in the St. Mary's Academy Marquette Monument. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalk in front of the church. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | The first school house at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. There is a fence behind the building, and hills in the background. |
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