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Zephyr Locomotive

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Description: The diesel-powered Zephyr passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad on the tracks at the depot. The Zephyr was introduced at the Chicago...
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The Great Artesian Fountain

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside...
Drawing

St. Gabriel's Church

Date: 1887
Description: St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians are on the street and sidewalk in front of the church.
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Main Street, looking East. Prairie du Chien, Wis." View down street with a large building on the right.
Photograph

Kane's Hotel

Date: 1865
Description: Kane's Hotel, built in about 1839 by Ezekiel Tainter, and then called the Phoenix Hotel, on Main Street. It passed through many hands but retained the orig...
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Commercial Hotel

Date: 1880
Description: Exterior view of the Commercial Hotel. Horse-drawn vehicles are in front of the building. People are standing on the sidewalk in front.
Postcard

Campion College

Date: 1910
Description: People in the foreground are walking on a road. College buildings are in the background behind trees. Caption reads: "Front View, Campion College, Prairie ...
Photograph

Bluff Street

Date: 1906
Description: Bluff Street looking east. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks.
Photograph

Artesian Well

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of an artesian well, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Street and South Minnesota Street (since renamed Wacouta). Construction was com...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Carriage

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Description: View down dirt road toward a large, partially dead tree with two trunks in the center. Nearby on the right is a person in a horse-drawn carriage. There is ...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: View down street, with two men posed standing in the street. There are wooden sidewalks on both sides of the street, with a storefront on the left, and a w...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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Description: Locomotive at the De Soto depot on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line. The Mississippi River is on the left.
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Ferryville Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View down street with commercial buildings on the left. There are children on the sidewalk in front of the R.G. Seymour grocery store. Next door is a resta...
Photograph

Lynxville Main Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down unpaved Main Street. People pose on the raised sidewalk near a shop selling "Fresh Meats" and "Groceries" on the left. Another group of people po...
Photograph

C. B. & Q Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Lynxville train depot on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad line. There are bluffs on the right, and a man is walk...
Photograph

Main Street in Soldiers Grove

Date: 1921
Description: View down sidewalk of Main Street with commercial buildings on both sides. A steep hill with trees is in the far background. On the left are doctor's offic...
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Soldiers Grove Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: View down sidewalk of (Hwy 30 W) with commercial buildings on both sides. A steep hill is in the background. On the left are parked cars near storefronts i...
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Scene on Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down Main Street with steep, tree-covered hill in the far background. On the left a man is holding flour sacks and standing near a horse-drawn wagon l...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left a group of men are gathered on the sidewalk near a drinking fountain which is in front of a brick building wit...
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Steuben Street Scene

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Description: View from road of a winter street scene. A man is driving a horse and wagon in the road. Two men and two children stand on the sidewalk. A person can be se...

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