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The Gypsy at the La Crosse Levee

Date: 1900
Description: Riverboats tied at the levee in La Crosse with the Gypsy in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Steamer Quincy at Levee

Date: 1910
Description: The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La...
Photograph

Plan of Bridge in La Crosse

Date: 1935
Description: An aerial view of La Crosse and the Mississippi River with the bridge drawn in to show what the finished product would look like.
Photograph

Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Panoramic View of La Crosse

Date: 1900
Description: Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans...
Postcard

Tributaries Leading to Mississippi River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of winding tributaries leading to Mississippi River. A road passes over a bridge in the foreground. Caption reads: "A View on the Mississippi...
Map or Atlas

Map of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map of La Crosse shows twenty wards, some rural lots with acreages, streets, railroads, depots, bridges, cemeteries, parks, schools, islands, and the ...
Map or Atlas

Map of Mississippi River Between La Crescent, Minn. and La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1900
Description: The map is watercolor, pencil, and ink on tracing cloth and shows plats of both cities, local streets, railroads, mills, township divisions, bridges, and p...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Location of Black River, Bridge, and C.M. and St. P. Ry

Date: 1876
Description: This map is ink on tracing cloth and shows the Black River, French Slough, Little French Slough, the southern portion of North La Crosse, the Milwaukee & S...
Postcard

Public Bath

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Description: A bathing beach on an island near a bridge, with people in the water and on the beach within an enclosed area. A canoe and rowboat are pulled up on the sho...
Postcard

Fish Hatchery

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Description: Illustration of a fish hatchery on the Mississippi River. A steamboat is on the left near a bridge. Caption reads: "Fish Hatchery, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Steamer Kit Carson Towing Largest Lumber Raft . . .

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Description: Hand-colored view from the shoreline towards a lumber raft. Caption reads: "Steamer Kit Carson Towing Largest Lumber Raft ever taken down the Mississippi R...
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Steamer G.W. Hill taking excursion out of La Crosse, Wis.

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Description: View from shoreline towards the paddle steamer "G.W. Hill" on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Steamer G.W. Hill taking excursion out of La Crosse, W...
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Lagoon Bridge, Pettibone Park

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Description: Hand-colored view of the arched stone bridge over the lagoon. Caption reads: "Lagoon Bridge, Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis."
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Aerial View of Holiday Inn

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Description: Aerial view of the Holiday Inn, between La Crosse on Barron Island in the beautiful Mississippi. A curved road is leading to a bridge across the Mississipp...

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