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Locks on Mississippi River

Date: 1935
Description: Locks on the Mississippi River, a nine foot channel. A man is standing above the locks. Bluffs are in the background.
Postcard

Levee with Steamboats

Date: 1904
Description: Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
Print

H.I. Bliss Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of H.I. Bliss, a real estate agent, civil engineer, and county surveyor in La Crosse, Wisconsin. On the left a group of three men are surveying ...
Print

G. Heileman Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with a musketeer-like figure holding a bottle of beer in one hand and raising a glas...
Book or Pamphlet

La Crosse Happy Farmers Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising LaCrosse Happy Farmer kerosene tractors. Includes a trade mark of a smiling man wearing a hat inside a circle surroun...
Book or Pamphlet

La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the La Crosse Happy Farmer kerosene tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using the tractor in a farm ...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Advertisement

Date: 1895
Description: An illustration in the John A. Salzer's Seed Company catalog advertising varieties of berry seeds. The illustration features raspberries, blackberries, and...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1903
Description: The cover design of the spring edition of a John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features a young woman in an elaborate hat, and a variety...
Book or Pamphlet

Salzer Seed Company Catalog Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: The back cover design of the John A. Salzer Seed Company catalog. The illustration features strawberries, tomatotos, and figs, and a woman and girl in a ga...
Postcard

Hook and Ladder Central Station

Date: 1907
Description: A group of fire fighters are posing on a horse-drawn hook and ladder firetruck parked at the entrance of the firehouse. Caption reads: "Hook and Ladder Cen...
Postcard

Copeland Park Playground

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Description: Hand-colored view of a group of children at a playground with swings, see-saws and a slide. Caption reads: "Copeland Park Playground, La Crosse, Wis."
Print

Constitution & Laws Letterhead

Date: 06 14 1862
Description: Letterhead featuring a scene of men and women raising their hands in the air. The two men in front are holding a sickle and the American flag, other people...

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