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Warehouse

Date: 1932
Description: View of multiple old warehouses on the levee. Boats are pulled up on the slope in the foreground.
Postcard

Town Across Lake St. Croix

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Description: View of Prescott from Lake St. Croix. A bridge is on the far right. Caption reads: "Lake St. Crois, Prescott, Wis."
Postcard

View of Town from Bridge

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Description: Panoramic view of Prescott, including multiple buildings, and a view down the center of a railroad bridge. Caption reads: "Greetings from Prescott, Wis."
Photograph

View from Burlington Railroad Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: View of town on opposite shoreline, and piers in the foreground on the right. Taken from the Burlington Railroad bridge.
Photograph

School Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of a school building with a group of children and adults gathered in front.
Photograph

Group in front of School

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph view across road towards a school building with children gathered outside.
Photograph

Point Douglas

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill of a steamer at Point Douglas going upstream on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
Photograph

Prescott House

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior view of the Prescott House, an inn built in 1856 that served the nearby farmers until about 1870.
Postcard

St. Leon Motel on Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View looking down Main Street. The St. Leon Hotel is on the right. Caption reads: "Main Street, Prescott, Wis."
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1905
Description: View down center of Main Street. Caption reads: "Main St., Prescott, Wis."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of several establishments along Main Street with people standing along the walkway in front of them. The signs on the buildings read: "R.L...
Photograph

Buildings Along Levee

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph view of the levee, with buildings along the left. Signs on the buildings read, left to right: "(?) Hotel", "Saloon" and "Dunbar's Hall." People...
Print

Congregational Church

Date: 1899
Description: Exterior view of a congregational church.
Photograph

Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

Date: 1886
Description: View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle.
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

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Description: Elevated view looking down towards a steamboat pulling a raft of lumber on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
Postcard

Steamboat on Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over trees toward a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis."
Photograph

Elevated City View

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Description: Elevated view of a city as seen from a hilly landscape.
Map or Atlas

Village Plat of Prescott, Saint Croix Co., Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on paper and shows numbered plots, the public square, streets, Lake St. Croix and the Mississippi River.

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