The Gile Building, La Crosse, WI
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- Created Date
- 1885
- Description
View from street level of the Gile Building, located on the 400 block of Main Street in downtown La Crosse, WI. The building held the Post Office from 1880 until 1890, then the Doerflinger from 1897 until 1903, when the building was destroyed by fire. The photograph shows several unidentified individuals on the street corner, and captures some business signs containing the names "Edgar Palmer, Dentist" and "Joseph Gutman," among others.
Original photograph owned by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library Special Collections.
The photograph was scanned as part of a collaboration with The Pediment Group, and is included in the book, "La Crosse Memories: The Early Years," published in 2016.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Subjects
- Buildings -- Historic buildings -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Post offices
Carriages & coaches
Carts & wagons - Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This material may be protected by copyright law (e.g., Title 17, US Code). For more information about the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library's copyright, fair-use, and permissions policies, please see https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/.
- Chicago citation style
- The Gile Building, La Crosse, WI. 1885. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=587cc8cf-11a3-4345-a3a7-e20620b5c56d/wlacu000/00000008/00000108. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1885) The Gile Building, La Crosse, WI. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=587cc8cf-11a3-4345-a3a7-e20620b5c56d/wlacu000/00000008/00000108
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=587cc8cf-11a3-4345-a3a7-e20620b5c56d/wlacu000/00000008/00000108>.