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John Dadd and Son Drug Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the John Dadd and Son Pharmacy. John Dadd was the first President of the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association, and is considered one of t...
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Watertown Rexall Drug

Date: 1909
Description: Colorful advertising displays line the counters of this turn-of-the- century drugstore, with rows of glass pharmaceutical bottles filling the shelves behin...
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Kimberly and Elwers Drugstore

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the Kimberly & Elwers Drugstore. Pharmaceutical bottles line the shelves on the right side.
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Intaglio Effigy

Date: 1905
Description: View of an Indian intaglio effigy, the only one still in existence in Wisconsin. The effigy is in the shape of a panther. There is a car on the road in the...
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La Follette and "For Any Old Trust" Bat

Date: 1906
Description: Political cartoon of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. A verse is written below the cartoon and refers to the period when he first became a senator. The verse is ...
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The Christopher Columbus Passing through Broadway Bridge

Date: 08 30 1906
Description: A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge.
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Sunken Boat "Quincy"

Date: 1906
Description: Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S."
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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway taken between 1901 and 1907. Oval picture inscribed Burlington, July 10, 1907.
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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background.
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McCormick Reaper

Date: 1900
Description: Man operating a McCormick horse-drawn grain binder in a field. A tugboat is pulling sailing ships on a body of water in the distance. The photograph appear...
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Loggers Posed with Their Tools

Date: 03 09 1906
Description: Camp Montana loggers pose in front of camp building with their tools. Includes a dog sitting on the lap of one logger.
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Sternwheel Excursion of J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Trempealeau, taken between 1901 and 1910.
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Magnificent Excursion Str. J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway, taken between 1901 and 1910. The magnificent Excursion Str. J.S. burned on the evening of June 25,...
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Chippewa Indian Village

Date: 1903
Description: Portion of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian village at Lake Vieux Desert.
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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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The Saint Paul near Lansing, Iowa

Date: 1904
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River near Lansing, Iowa. Later named the Senator. Small boats are line up on a pier ...
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The Saint Paul Underway

Date: 1904
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. Sign on wheel reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul, Diamond Jo Line." Later named the Senator.
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Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S.
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The "Thistle" Behind a Building

Date: 1900
Description: The sternwheel excursion, "Thistle" on the river behind a building. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The "Thistle" ran between Oshkosh and Omro, via Butte d...

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