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Wine Bottle Seal

Wine seal During the 1999 excavations at Second Fort Crawford (Prairie du Chien, WI) one “Chateau Lafitte” wine bottle seal was found in the Enlisted Men’s Quarters.  Chateau Lafitte is a very expensive wine in today’s market, as it was in the 19th century.

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