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Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Line

Date: 1920
Description: A view down the railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Line. The depot is in the distance on the far left.
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Durand Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: View towards the bridge along the left. Trees are along the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Bridge, Durand Wis."
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Durand Court House

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Description: Durand courthouse, with a brick house on the right. Caption reads: "Court House, Durand, Wis."
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Durand School Buildings

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Description: View of school buildings across an intersection, with a street light suspended from cables in the foreground. Caption reads: "School Buildings Durand Wis."
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Swedish Free Mission Church

Date: 1911
Description: View of the church, with a field and trees in the background. Caption reads: "Swedish Free Mission Church, Ella, Wis." Handwritten on church: "June 3/1911"...
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Pepin Village Hall

Date: 1915
Description: View from road of the Pepin Village Hall. The Methodist Church is at the far right. Caption reads: "Pepin, Wis."
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General Store

Date: 1908
Description: View along an unpaved street towards a white building on the right. It appears to house a general store, and signs are on the front of the building. Handwr...
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Group on Main Street

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Description: Three men and a young girl stand on a wooden sidewalk on the right in front of what appears to be a storefront. A group of four small children stand agains...
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Stockholm Village School

Date: 1905
Description: Students and teachers standing outside two-story brick Public School building.
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Rural Mail

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Description: Man delivering mail in winter using a sled pulled by two horses.
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Home of Eric Hattstrom

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Description: Possibly an anniversary group portrait of the couple seated in the center, with four people posed on each side of them. The women in the center holds flowe...
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Ladies of Durand

Date: 1895
Description: Posed group portrait of twenty-eight women, perhaps a meeting of some local women's organization.
Postcard

Durand, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the town with snow on the ground. Houses are near an intersection in the foreground, and homes and commercial buildings are along the shor...
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Views from Durand

Date: 1910
Description: A group of women and girls, some wearing hats or carrying a parasol, walking along an unpaved street. There is a large canvas tent in the background, with...
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Grade School

Date: 1930
Description: View from street of the Grade School building. Caption reads: "Grade School, Durand, Wis."
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Pepin County Hospital

Date: 1930
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view of a large white building with awnings, labeled as the Pepin County Hospital. Caption reads: "Pepin County Hospi...
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The Crowd at Fort St. Antoine

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: A crowd at Fort St. Antoine celebrating the 23rd anniversary of Nicolas Perrot claiming the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France. A reenactm...
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The Soldiers of Perrot

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors in a reenactment of a Taking Possession ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France.
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Native American Actors

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors (who are possibly Native American) posing outdoors near a lodge. They are participants in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claime...
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Actor Joseph Schafer

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actor Joseph Shafer/Schafer telling the story of The Ostensorium in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper ...

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