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Shot from a boat or the opposite bank, the photo shows a stretch of river and a couple of small buildings alongside a railroad track in the bluffs along the bank.

Railroad tracks running along the Mississippi on the Wisconsin/Illinois side are identified as the Burlington Tracks - North(?).

This image is of a two-room office suite. The rooms are separated by a window and a door. One secretary is seated in the rear room and looking through the window at the camera. In the front room, a businessman is sitting at a table facing the…

This is the Byrne Brothers Company Garage. It is on the corner of 9th and Iowa Streets. There are 3 dark cars on the front facing side of the building, which is Iowa Street, with one of the cars driving into the front of the building through an…

This image shows a close up view of camels walking in a circus parade. Each two humped camel wears an elaborate leather and metal harness. The number 1374 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.

Six young men and two coaches are pictured in this April 22, 1914 Campion College basketball team photo. They went to school in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The fifth in the back row is identified as cousin James Harper.

This photograph shows four women sewing substantial pieces of heavy fabric on industrial sewing machines equipped with large spools of white thread. Piles of canvas are haphazardly scattered on racks and on the wooden floor of the spartan warehouse…

An older officer in a lighter coat is pinning a medal on the chest of a younger soldier in a dark uniform. There is another man standing behind them. The photo is marked as U.S. Official and has the Signal Corps logo, 44748.

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A gentleman identified as agent Carl Kiesele is seated at a table near a window in a narrow office. On one end of the room is a microphone, switches and other devices for announcing train arrivals and departures. Behind Mr. Kiesele is a wooden…

Funded by Andrew Carnegie and built on land donated by Frank Stout, the Carnegie Stout Public Library is located at the corner of 11th and Buff Streets. The front entrance faces 11th Street. The words “Carnegie Stout Free Library” have been engraved…