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Men Posing at Lumber Yard

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Description: View across field of scrub grass towards a group of men, some in work clothes and other men wearing suits, standing in a lumberyard at a logging camp. Ther...
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Automobile Accident

Date: 1922
Description: View looking down towards of an automobile resting in a roadside ditch. The soft roof cover is collapsed, and the wheels on the passenger side are bent. Th...
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Copy Photograph of Farm Crew Using Steam Tractor

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Description: Copy photograph of a farm crew using a steam tractor and separator. Haystacks are in the background.
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Building the Main Railroad Line; Black River Falls to Vaudreuil

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Description: Elevated view of workmen building the main railroad line from Black River Falls to Vaudreuil.
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Logging; McKenna Sawmill

Date: 1890
Description: View from hill of the McKenna Sawmill, surrounded by stacks of lumber.
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York Iron Mine

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Description: Elevated view of the York Iron Mine. Railroad tracks are in the foreground.
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View of Black River Falls

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Description: Elevated view of Black River Falls looking up Water Street at the end of Main Street. A train is crossing the railroad bridge.
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Strawberry Fields at Lake's Nursery

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Description: A view of the strawberry fields at Lake's Nursery located north of Harrison and Tenth Streets. In the foreground is a rake standing upright in the ground. ...
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View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across yard full of plants towards a two-story wooden house with roofed porch entrances on the side and in front, a balcony, and gable decorations and...
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Power Plant

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Description: View across open area towards a brick power plant, where a man and a small dog are standing. Cords of wood are stacked at the left side of the building. On...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified People

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a people gathered in front of a log cabin. A dog is next to one of the women in the back. The man in the center has an accordion ...
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Group Portrait of Schoolhouse and Class of Students

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of students and teachers posing for a class portrait in front of a one-room schoolhouse.
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Unidentified Residence and People

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family at their farm. The family is posing on the far right in the yard. On the left near the house is a windmill with a sign f...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Women and Children

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Description: A group of four women and a group of children are standing in front of a building, perhaps a school. A man is sitting in a sleigh with two horses on the le...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women and a man standing on the back steps of a building. On the right is a woman standing on a wooden walkway with a railin...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Unidentified Schoolchildren

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of schoolchildren and a few adults standing on a hillside.
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Displaying Horses in a Corral

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Description: Outdoor view of a man displaying two horses near a herd of other horses, cows and sheep in the corral of a barn and another wooden building.
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People and Horses on a Country Road

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Description: View down side of unpaved country road towards a man, two women and a dog standing near a fence. A buggy pulled by a team of two horses is parked along the...
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Woman with Chickens

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Description: View uphill towards a woman standing next to a wooden structure in a yard with a dog, and chickens behind a wire fence.
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Horses Pulling Plows

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Description: Elevated view over wooden scaffolding towards several plows on a road pulled by horses. In the background are tree-covered hills.

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