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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Old Uncle Billy Johnson home at Governor Phillip's house, about six miles north of Prairie du Sac near highway 12. Portion of house, rock formation in back... |
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| Description: | View down unpaved road. Houses line the right side of street, telephone and power poles line left side. Caption reads: "Looking South on Park Ave. Pra.. Du... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View from right side of street towards houses and retail stores lining the left side of Main Street. Caption reads: "Main St. Pr.-Du-Sac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from right side of street towards a house and retail stores lining the left side of Main Street. Caption reads: "Main Street, Prairie Du Sac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of High School, with the Evangelical Church behind trees on the left. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View from field towards the high school. There is a small group of people sitting on front steps, and an automobile is parked in front on the left. Houses ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Front view of Cummings-Cooper house with woman standing in front. The house was owned in 1940 by Mrs. H.F. Leindorff. The house was built in 1857. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the building. Caption reads: "City Hall and Library, Prairie du Sac, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Side view of church converted to offices of Dresen Brothers Contractors and Manufacturers. Sign on the bulding reads: "Dresen Brothers Twin City Contractor... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of toll bridge across the Wisconsin River. Caption reads: "A Glimpse of Pr-Du-Sac Toll Bridge." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bridge over Wisconsin River built in 1921 to take the place of the old wooden bridge when it became condemned. Caption reads: "Prairie Du ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | This was the first bridge built across the Wisconsin River, constructed about 1850, although it was not opened to traffic until 1852. It was torn down in 1... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Main Street, showing a grocery store, restaurant, and the Up and Down Tavern. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Colsac Ferry across the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. There is a bridge across the river in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Customers standing outside the small bar are probably waiting to take the ferry across the river. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Jacob Gasser family standing in front of the farmhouse at Tower Rock Farm. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Railroad Depot. North Freedom is the home of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum which operates excursion tours on a steam railroad. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Prairie du Sac hydroelectric plant and the surrounding landscape of the Wisconsin River. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered for the dedication of a new bridge at Sauk City by Governor Emmanuel Philipp. Many onlookers carry parasols. |
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