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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Winneschiek Bluff
1920
View near railroad tracks of a two-story industrial building and houses at the base of a bluff.
Looking South
View looking down bluff of a residential neighborhood. On the right is the Mississippi River. Railroad tracks run along the shoreline towards more bluffs.
Scenic View
1914
View down path along rough road towards a building labeled "No. 4". The De Soto Depot, railroad tracks, a boxcar, and the Mississippi River are below on the right. In the far background are bluffs.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Yard
1925
View down double set of railroad tracks with the De Soto depot on the left and the Mississippi River on the right. A car is parked at the depot, and bluffs are in the background. There are brick wa...
De Soto Scenic View
Elevated view of a road, wooden boardwalk and railroad tracks leading towards a group of buildings near bluffs in the distance. On the right is a marshy area along a river, and in the left foregrou...
Train Depot — Looking North
1912
Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the side track has the identifying marker, "C...
