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Fourth Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View across street towards a row of businesses on Fourth Avenue, including Warren Cafe, Wang's Rexall Drug Store, Wisconsin Power & Light, a restaurant, an...
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Dam and Hydro House, Taliesin

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Description: Hydro House and dam at Taliesin, home of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Hydro House was designed by Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, W...
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La Crosse County Highway

Date: 1936
Description: Roadimprovements along the portion of US Highway 16 known as the La Crosse-West Salem Road. At the time, this road represented the ultimate in modern high...
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Swiss Yodelers and Chalet

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Description: Group of people in Swiss costume with large wheel of Swiss cheese, alpine horn and other instruments, and a St. Bernard in front of the Chalet of the Golde...
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New Glarus Swiss Yodelers

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of Swiss yodelers in costume. The gentleman in the center has a distinctive moustache.
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Tourist Camp, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 08 16 1935
Description: Photographic postcard of a tourist camp at Devil's Lake State Park. A scene of picnic tables, automobiles and tents pitched among trees and grass. Text at ...
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Grandmother's Dishes — Fallhall Glen

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Description: Interior view of shelves and tables with dishes and serving dishes. There are baskets hanging from the ceiling. Caption reads: "Grandmother's Dishes — Fall...
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Archway through Hospital Ramp

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Description: Colorized postcard view of an arch at Camp McCoy with ramps on either side and a road passing through it. Parked cars and barracks are on the far side of t...
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Group of Usherettes

Date: 1950
Description: Usherettes perform Swiss folk dances for the annual William Tell Festival.
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Moccasin Resort, Lake Court Oreilles

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Description: View of a lakeside resort. Birches and maples in the yard. Painted boulders are along the driveway.
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Interior Recreation Building

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Description: View of a sitting room in the Le Toureau Spider Lake Summer Resort recreation building. A stuffed bobcat is on the mantle. Shelves of books are above a des...
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Reception Room, Moccasin Resort, Lake Court Oreilles

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Description: View of a sitting room decorated with Native American blankets and a totem pole. A stuffed bear is next to the stairs which go up to a landing that leads t...
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Coulee Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a coulee landscape. Agricultural fields are on a hillside. Caption reads: "Coulee Scene near La Crosse, Wis."
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Riverside Park

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Description: View of the cannon at Riverside Park. Automobiles are parked by the river on the left. Caption reads: "Riverside Park, La Crosse, Wis."
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"Sticky" at Little Norway

Date: 1935
Description: A man identified only as "Sticky" is posing standing on the lawn in front of a log cabin at Little Norway. He is wearing traditional Norwegian dress with e...
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Boats and Barges On the Mississippi

Date: 1943
Description: View across railroad tracks along the shorline of the Mississippi River towards the stern wheeled steamboat General Allen towing barges upriver at L...
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Pat Lucey in Military Uniform with Parents

Date: 1941
Description: Patrick J. Lucey, center, wearing his Army uniform and posing between his parents, Gregory Lucey and Ella (McNamara) Lucey. Lucey served as a Captain in th...
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Island on the Baraboo River

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Island Baraboo River Reedsburg, Wis." View of a tree and grass covered island on the Baraboo River.
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Tourist Camp

Date: 1934
Description: Text on front reads: "Tourist Camp, Reedsburg Wis." View of a tourist camp in a wooded setting. There is a long picnic table in the center, a building in t...
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Long Lake Woodlands

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Long Lake. Woodlands. Wild Rose, Wis." A man and women are seated on a bridge-like platform over an inlet on Long Lake. The platform ...

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