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Newspaper Article/Clipping

La Crosse press--its history

Date: 
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Old newspapermen strong citizens

Date: 1923-03-25
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Editors of La Crosse as Watrous sees 'em

Date: 1910-02-06
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
Newspaper Article/Clipping

City's first newspaper established by Albert La Due eighty years ago

Date: 1932-01-03
County: La Crosse
City: La Crosse
Photograph

Hussa's Brewery

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of back of Hussa's brewery. There is a tall chimney on the left, and a yard with piles of lumber is in the foreground.
Photograph

Printer at RC Printing

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Description: John Maas, a printer at RC Printing, poses at work.
Photograph

Tire Yard

Date: 2009
Description: Elevated view of a tire yard on a foggy day.
Photograph

Canning Factory

Date: 1911
Description: View across set of railroad tracks of a canning factory. There are a number of warehouses and outbuildings. Trees are on a hill in the background.
Manuscript

La Crosse Carriage Co. Letterhead

Date: 1887
Description: Letterhead of the La Crosse Wallis Carriage Co., manufacturers of fine family carriages, showing a view of the factory with the Mississippi River in the ba...
Photograph

Street Paving

Date: 2016
Description: Four men are working on the back of a paver as it is laying asphalt on 7th Street. The men are all wearing reflective vests.
Photograph

Jule's Coffee Shop

Date: 2009
Description: Customers around outside seating at Jule's Coffee shop on Pearl Street.
Photograph

Bodega Brew Pub

Date: 2007
Description: An exterior view from across street of Bodega Brew Pub on corner of Pearl Street.
Photograph

Buzzard Billy's

Date: 2006
Description: View from across street of "Buzzard Billy's." There is a decorative fish on top of the establishment.
Photograph

Pile of Rubble

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Description: View of a man standing behind a pile of rubble. In the background is a barn, railroad car, and a large open shed stacked with lumber. Part of a foundation ...
Photograph

Railroad Tracks and Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria...
Historical Essay

The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing

How Industry Transformed the State
Discover how skilled industries like ship building and paper milling transformed Wisconsin history.
Photograph

Barber in Barbershop

Date: 
Description: Portrait of male barber, Ken Garves, posing behind his barber chair.
Manuscript

Nathan Myrick Post Office Letter

Date: 1891
Description: Letter from Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, Estes G. Rathbone, regarding the establishment of the Post Office at La Crosse and Nathan Myrick's appoint...
Photograph

Fluoride Kills

Date: 2011
Description: A toothpaste bottle painted with the words "fluoride kills" posted on a utility pole.
Photograph

Rescue Squad

Date: 2012
Description: Gundersen Tri-State ambulance and fire truck personnel rescue a man who may have had a seizure at the Bimbo Bakery. The vehicles are parked in the street, ...

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