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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Horse-Drawn Wagons on Water Street

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Description: Two wagons and teams driving past the J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company. Two men in the wagon pulled by two horses in the foreground, and a man in the...
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Main Street, between Water and First Streets

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Description: Wagon piled high with chairs, with a man standing and driving a team of two horses. A man on the sidewalk is looking back at camera. There are other wagons...
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Two Women on First Street

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Description: Two women in a horse-drawn cutter sleigh on a snowy street. A man is posing standing nest to them, displaying a Charter Oak Mills advertisement/calendar.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank. Men are probably preparing the lot for the hous...
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Men Examining Horse

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Description: Men congregate on a street corner to examine a horse, in front of the Jackson County Bank. A man is standing in the street on the left just in front of the...
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Welcome Arch on Main Street

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Description: View down center of unpaved street towards men passing welcome arch for the Tenth Wisconsin in the middle of Main Street, between Water and First Streets. ...
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Young Woman in Clearing

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Description: A portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing in a clearing. In the background is the darkroom horse-draw...
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View down Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ...
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Jackson County Bank Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Jackson County Bank in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the bank building, including groups of people and two hor...
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Dr. Krohn Family Medicine Wagon

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Description: View from street of Dr. Krohn Family Medicine Wagon pulled by a team of two horses in front of a crowd of people posed standing in front of the First Natio...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bandwagon and animal cage pass in a circus parade. Probably the ...
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Large Group in Front of Jackson County Bank

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Description: Large group of men and women, including a number of Native Americans, posed standing in front of the Jackson County Bank on a snow-covered street, board si...
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Horse and Wagon at A.F. Werner Clothier

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Description: Outdoor view from street towards a European American man posing sitting on a wagon drawn by a single horse at the curb in front of A.F. Werner, The Clothie...
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Cattle Drive on Main Street

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Description: View from sidewalk towards a man on horseback driving cattle on a city street. Commercial buildings are on the left side of the street. jA man is sitting o...
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First and Main Streets, Black River Falls

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Description: Elevated view of an intersection of two streets. Men are walking on the wooden sidewalks, and a wagon is moving down the street. Location identified as the...
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Man Driving Team of Two Horses

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Description: A man and his dog are sitting on a cart pulled by two horses at a rural intersection on a muddy road. There is a corner of a building with a billboard on t...

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