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Catholic School Room

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Description: View from back of a classroom, looking towards the front where a crucifix hangs on the wall and a corner altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Jesus stand...
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Log Steering

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Description: View across water towards two paddle-wheel boats steering logs into a neat, square formation. The boat in the foreground bears the name "Georgie S." Bluffs...
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Boating

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Description: View along shoreline toward five young boys posing in a rowboat near a large piece of driftwood. Another boat is docked at a pier further down the shorelin...
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Boating

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Description: View down steep hill at the shoreline looking toward two young boys sitting in a rowboat below. A group of people in a boat are in the distance along the o...
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Schoolyard Baseball

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Description: Boys play a baseball game while a large crowd of spectators watches from the sidelines in the background in front of three stone buildings. The building on...
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Along the River

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Description: View toward a river and surrounding landscape, taken from a high vantage point. In the foreground are a series of wooden structures. Trees line the river a...
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across water toward a railroad bridge, constructed of heavy steel that sits on massive stone supports. Wooded hills are in the background.
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Former Fur Trading Post Building

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Description: The former Astor (American Fur Trading Company) post building, now a museum of local history and fur trading history. There is a sign reading: "The Riversi...
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Observation Tower

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Description: View across road of an observation tower overlooking extensive apple orchards, a tourist attraction in season. Many people are standing below the tower whe...
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The Great Artesian Fountain - Anaglyph

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 back of ...
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The Great Artesian Fountain - Anaglyph

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...
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Bridge, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - Anaglyph

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River.
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View of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin - Anaglyph

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph looking northeast from Case's Block.
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Plan of the Settlement at Prairie des Chiens from the Report of J. [sic] Lee Esq., Agent, &c. : Not Taken from Actual Survey

Date: 1820
Description: This map displays the plan for claiming various settlement zones in the Prairie des Chiens area in 1820. It shows Fort Crawford and 87 confirmed and unconf...
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Villa Louis

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Villa Louis, built by H. Louis Dousman in 1870.
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East Walkway at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the East Walkway at Villa Louis. The walk is lined with trees and flower beds.
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East Lawn at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the East lawn at Villa Louis dotted with trees and shrubs, with the house in the background. A dog is resting on a path on the right.
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East Terrace View at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the east terrace at Villa Louis. The Dousman's office building is in the background. Relaxing near the home are Louis DeVierville Dousman, Judith D...
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Violet and Judith Dousman

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Description: Violet and Judith Dousman seated together between a canna bed and a weeping mulberry.
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South Lawn at Villa Louis

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Description: South lawn looking west from gazebo toward fountain. A path crosses the foreground, and the Dousman's dog, Folo, lounges on the lawn.

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