This picture shows a North West Airlines mail plane being refueled at Salzer Field located at Ward Avenue and Losey Boulevard.

Winneshek Flying Service Located at Salzer Field.  Picture taken around 1929.

Old engine 3: this 1937 American La France fire engine served the City of La Crosse Fire Department till 1963 when it was taken out of front line service and placed in reserve after it was damaged in a accident.

Parked at the scene of a downtown fire is the La Crosse Police Department's 1949 Packard Ambulance.  The Packard served as La Crosse's front line emergency ambulance until it was replaced in 1962.

Pictured outside the old La Crosse County Jail, The La Crosse County Traffic Police show off their new fleet of 1952 Hudson Hornets.

This 1961 photo shows La Crosse County Sheriff's Officers Earl Kiefner and Leonard Mach preparing to apprehend and bring to justice another dangerous criminal.

Maria Angelorum Chapel consecrated August 2, 1906.  Located on the corner of 9th and Winnebago.  Holy Trinity:  built on the corner of 13th and Park Avenue in 1894.

George Brooks and his Blood Hounds assisted local law enforcement agencies in the solving of many serious crimes and the finding of lost persons.  William Boma began his career in law enforcement in 1933 with the La Crosse Police Department.  He was appointed La Crosse County Sheriff after the death of Sheriff E.W. Voss in 1959.  This photo is believed to have been taken in 1961 while Sheriff Boma was doing an investigation at the scene of a serious crime.

Winter scene of Market Square and Greyhound Bus Depot taken around 1928.

Second La Crosse County Court House built in 1867.  This building was torn down in 1903 to make room for a new court house.  This picture taken around 1936 shows two Milwaukee Road steam engines parked in the Milwaukee Road yards at North La Crosse.

400 block north 8th about 1900.  Winter scene looking north from the 100 block of south 8th.

5th Avenue Theater - built in the late 1930's now the La Crosse Community Theater.  Picture taken around 1936 of Jay Street looking West.

This late 1930s photo shows the Panke Boat Livery service located on the Black River off of Copeland Park.

Built in 1891 by Erik Rynning, a north side businessman, this brick home is now the property of Alex and Lisa D'Angelo. The wood frame house on the left was built in 1855 by Silas F. Nice and served as a home for him and his family.  Mr. Nice was a carpenter who built houses, many on the north side.  Mr. Nice constructed all the wood planking on the wagon bridge that was built in La Crosse in 1891.  During the Civil War, Mr. Nice served as a 2nd Lieutenant, 47th Wisconsin Infantry.  The house is now the property of Kenneth and Constance Jenkerson.

1400 block of Charles Street looking south.  The church in the background was the Norwegian Baptist Church, now the New Life Tabernacle.

Dedicated on September 5, 1886 as the Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church.  This church stood on the corner of 6th and Division.  The church was torn down in 1956 to make way for a new church.

The Dorcas Society was organized in 1921 as a Lutheran women's service group.  This photo shows a Greyhound Bus transporting the Our Savior's Lutheran Church Choir on a tour.  The picture is believed to have been taken around 1937.

1706 State, the exterior of this house still looks as it did when these pictures were taken in 1915.  Interior of house at 1706 State.  Old automobile standing in front of 1706 State.

UW-L Main Hall.  Picture taken around 1915.  Picture taken on the 1900 block of South Avenue around 1915.  River scene-taken at South Side Beach around 1915.

La Crosse High School was constructed on the corner of 8th and Main in 1878 and served as a high school until it was replaced by a new high school building located on the corner of 16th and Cass.

Christ Episcopal Church built on the corner of Ninth and Main in 1899.  Built in 1891 on the northwest corner of Sixth and State, this building served the City of La Crosse as a city hall till it was torn down in 1970.

Crossing the Copeland Avenue Crossing, the Milwaukee Railroad's Streamlined Hiawatha approaches the Milwaukee Road Depot.  This picture is believed to have been taken in 1936.

A Milwaukee railroad steam engine passes through the Milwaukee road yards at North La Crosse.  One of several motorcycle delivery services picking up a package at the Second Street Burlington Depot.

Germania Hall was built on the corner of fifth and Market Streets in 1892 and served as the social center for the many German people that lived in La Crosse.  This building was torn down in 1966 to make way for a new fire station.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church built in 1905.

Market Square, picture taken around 1936.

Immanuel Lutheran Church corner of Avon and St. Paul Streets built in 1906.  Salzer Memorial Methodist Church was dedicated on December 9, 1895.  This church stands on the corner of Seventh and Ferry.  The building now serves as a Baptist Church.

St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral was built by a German congregation in 1869.  This church served as the Cathedral for the Diocese of La Crosse until 1959 when it was town down to make way for a new cathedral.

This unique building first served as a home for the Heilmann family after being built in the early 1850's over the years it served as a bottle house and later as a office building for the brewery in the early morning hours of December 12, 1959 a fire destroyed this landmark.

The lights burned bright at the new La Crosse Tribune in 1939, fast breaking new stories of the outbreak of World War Two were being received at a fast pace.

One of La Crosse's first A and W Root Beer stands stood on the 300 block of Jay Street.

This Picture is believed to have been taken during the dedication of the new Cass Street bridge in September of 1939.  Peerless Beer was brewed by the Michel Brewery located on the seven hundred block of south Third.