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Large Platform Mound

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Description: Largest platform mound in Trempealeau as seen from the north.
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Mound and Barn

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Description: View of large platform mound with small barn in the foreground. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 are written on the photograph in ink.
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Pioneer Monument

Date: 1935
Description: Pioneer Monument in memory of Chief Simon Kahquados, Jacques Vieau, John Volk, James Duane Doty, Joshua Hathaway, Henry S. Baird, Co. Starkweather, Frank D...
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Wisconsin: The Badger State

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Description: Promotional decal for the state of Wisconsin with a drawing of a anthropomorphised badger leaning against a sign reading: "The Badger State."
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America's Dairyland

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell...
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Wisconsin Native American Decal

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a drawing of a Native American sitting cross-legged, wearing a headdress, buckskin, and moccasins, and holding a calumet p...
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Filling a Woodbox

Date: 1930
Description: A man placing logs inside a woodbox attached to a house.
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Webb TB Album: Miss Bessie Wilson

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Description: Full-length cut-out portrait of Bessie Wilson wearing a fur-trimmed overcoat.
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Irene Mervin

Date: 1933
Description: Irene Mervin, a 12-year-old student at Eagle Corners School, poses with a baseball bat in front of a large tree. On the reverse of the photograph is writte...
Photograph

Old Road

Date: 1933
Description: Four children walk away from the photographer down a rutted one lane road. On the reverse is written, "One of the oldest roads in [Richland] county, leadin...
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Young Couple Sitting Outside

Date: 1919
Description: Young couple seated outdoors on what appears to be a pile of lumber.
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George H. Squier

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Description: Portrait of George Squier seated outdoors in a wicker chair and holding a book in his lap.
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Military Personnel and Civilians near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people are standing near a Lawson Air Liner. A number of people are wearing military uniforms, and others are wearing civilian clothes. Buildings a...
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Ellen Holt Reading on the Porch

Date: 1912
Description: Ellen Holt is reading a book while sitting in a rocking chair on the porch. She is wearing a jacket and skirt. Caption reads: "Ellen Holt."
Postcard

Chief Oshkosh Beer Bottle Caps Advertisement

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Description: A card advertising exchanging Chief Oshkosh beer bottle caps for U.S. defense stamps.
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Baseball Fans

Date: 1909
Description: Nathan McClure (l) and Alfred Holt (r) are dressed to play baseball. McClure is wearing a baseball glove and holding the ball. Holt is leaning on the bat. ...
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Alfred Holt's Gate Post Leap

Date: 12 1909
Description: On a snowy day, Alfred Holt is leaping from the gate post. Several children are watching him. A girl, wearing a floppy winter hat, is looking at the camera...
Drawing

Rev. H. Gilliland, D. D.

Date: 1878
Description: Lithograph portrait of Reverend Harrison Gilliland, around the end of his tenure as President of Galesville University.
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E. Hoffmann Price in the "Juggernaut"

Date: 1933
Description: Ed Hoffmann Price is pictured at the wheel of his automobile the "Juggernaut". A metal gate along the running board is holding in a suitcase and a can of "...

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