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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Painted scene of an Indian guide paddling, Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary standing, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader paddling in a canoe exploring th... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | During the War of 1812, the only battle fought in Wisconsin was in Prairie du Chien, in 1814. Made fifty-six years later, this birds eye drawing depicts th... |
| Date: | 1803 |
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| Description: | Cours du Mississippi : comprenant la Louisiane, les 2 Florides, une partie des Etats-Unis, et pays adjacents. |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn plan for the layout of the town of Clarksville, bordering Mayfield Creek and Liberty Creek. Fort Jefferson is shown between the townsite and the... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Alma was platted and settled in 1855, on a narrow strip of land between high bluffs and the Mississippi River. Its location made it a popular shipping cent... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse, with six insets including residences, a store front, The John Gund Brewing Company, and C. & J. Michel Brewing Company. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of McGregor on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Alma along Mississippi River, with bluffs along the horizon. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Mississippi River with log rafts. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town, with a river and the horizon in the distance. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of town. The Mississippi River and far shoreline is in the background. The Furnace Branch creek runs through the town in the foreground. |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Air View — Fountain City, Wis." Aerial view of town and surrounding landscape that includes trees, rolling hills, and a river. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View of Fountain City, Wis. M-1255". Aerial view of town with the river on the right. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Fountain City looking south, with high bluff on the left, and the Mississippi River on the right. Fountain City, about 4 blocks wide, ne... |
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