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Bird's Eye View of Genoa

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of Genoa. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View, Genoa, Wis." The St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church is in the right foreground. Railroad tracks ...
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La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac...
Map or Atlas

Crawford County Map

Date: 1878
Description: Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track.
Map or Atlas

Appleton's General War Map of the United States

Date: 1860
Description: This colored map shows railroad lines east of the Mississippi as well as in the states bordering the Mississippi River. The Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad and its connections / lith. & printed by J.H. Colton & Co.

Date: 1855
Description: Drawn around 1855, this map shows the placement of railroad tracks in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois connecting Milwaukee, Prairie du Chien, Gale...
Postcard

Stonefield

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Description: Color postcard of an elevated view of Stonefield Village with the Mississippi River in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Yesterday and Today : A History

Date: 1899
Description: This map is a folded insert from the pamphlet "Yesterday and Today : A History." The map features the North-Western Line with labeled railway tracks and st...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Postcard

Maiden Rock

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Description: View down railroad tracks along shoreline. Printed sign at right reads: "Burlington Route." Text at bottom reads: "Maiden Rock, Wisconsin — of romantic int...
Postcard

Lock and Dam No. 6

Date: 1936
Description: Text on front reads: "Trempealeau Wis. on the Great River Road overlooking Lock & Dam No. 6 on the Upper Mississippi." On reverse: "Lock & Dam No. 6, one o...
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On the Mississippi River

Date: 1920
Description: Text on front reads: "Trempealeau, Wis., on-the-Mississippi." Aerial view of the town on the Mississippi River.

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