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Winding Farm Road

Date: 05 12 1963
Description: Winding farm road and distant farm with tree-covered hill in the background.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
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.
Photograph

Railroad Tracks Flooding

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the backgroun...
Photograph

Young Women Posing by a Bench

Date: 
Description: Six young women posing playfully beneath a bench.
Photograph

Vineyard at Alma

Date: 1890
Description: Woman standing on second story porch and boy standing in vineyard behind small residence. A bluff is in the background.
Photograph

Two Horses Pulling Street Waterer

Date: 
Description: Two horses pull a street waterer. When Main Street was a dirt road, the local merchants paid to have it sprinkled during the summer to keep the dust down. ...
Postcard

River View of Alma

Date: 1905
Description: View of Alma from across the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "Alma, Wis."
Photograph

River View of Alma

Date: 1930
Description: View of Alma from across the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Buildings in Alma

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of Alma. The Sherman House is in the left foreground. Houses are above and in the background are bluffs.
Photograph

Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Southward view down the dirt Main Street, looking towards a house, two churches, and a grove of trees.
Photograph

Railroad Station

Date: 1912
Description: View of a railroad station. In the background are buildings at the base of a bluff.
Photograph

Waumandee Mill

Date: 1895
Description: View of a mill, sluice and dam on Waumandee Creek. The mill was built by John Oschner in 1863. Two products produced by the mill were White Rose Flour and ...
Photograph

Reed's Landing

Date: 
Description: Stereograph looking down the Mississippi River from the bluff at Reed's Landing.
Photograph

Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
Postcard

Cemetery

Date: 07 19 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of the cemetery, with scattered tombstones among the trees. Caption reads: "Cemetey[sic] Alma, Wis."
Postcard

View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 08 17 1914
Description: Colorized photographic postcard view of the exterior of the high school, which has two-stories, and is surrounded by a lawn. A tree is obscuring the facad...
Postcard

High School

Date: 08 02 1916
Description: Colorized photographic postcard from across a street of the high school. There is a stone wall in front of the school, and a steep hill behind. Caption rea...
Postcard

New Jail

Date: 12 30 1912
Description: Photographic postcardview from across a street of the exterior of the new two-story brick jail. Caption reads: "New Jail, Alma, Wis."
Postcard

German Lutheran Church and Parsonage

Date: 
Description: View of parsonage and church in a rural area. Caption reads: "German Lutheran Church and Parsonage, Canton, Buffalo County, Wis."

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