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Men Working on Building

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Description: Men constructing a building, or laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam, using steam-powered machinery in front of the Merchants Hotel...
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man posing on a horse in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Posing with Horse

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Description: Man posing with a draft horse, probably a Clydesdale, in front of the Merchants Inn. There were many draft stallions, English Shire, Clydesdale, Norman Per...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro...
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Group of Men Sitting near Woodstove

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Description: Interior view of men sitting in rocking chairs around a wood stove, probably inside a hotel/inn.
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Man Throwing Baseball

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Description: A man throws a baseball on a street in town, probably in front of the Merchants Hotel barn.
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Men Playing Horseshoes

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Description: Men play horseshoes on the unpaved street outside of the Merchants Inn.
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of the Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. A large group of men and women, and a puppy, are posed ...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View of front of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Two men are posed sitting on the first floor porch, and two wo...
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Falls House

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Description: Falls House, a little one-dollar-a-day hotel near the banks of the Black River at the corner of First and Fillmore Streets, built by Susan Gebhardt in 1886...
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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of two men posed sitting in a wagon full of grain bags and pulled by a team of four horses in front of the Merchants Hotel. L.S.Y. June, t...
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Group of People Outside Wildwood Hotel

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Description: Large group of men, women, children and dogs posing standing in front of the Wildwood Hotel. Snow is on the ground.
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Lila Tester in front of the Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored dress with a sweater or jacket, standing and holding the reins and bridle of a horse in a street. A man...
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Draft Horse at the Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a large draft horse being displayed by a man in the street in front of a group of men and the Merchant's Hotel located at Harrison and Firs...
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Winter Street Scene; United States Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view across snowy road towards a two-story wooden building surrounded by snow. In the middle foreground are two horse-drawn sleighs, the one in the...
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Winter Street Scene; Merchants Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a boy posing standing on a sled pulled by a dog on a snow-covered and muddy street. Location identified as in front of the Merchant's Hotel...
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Child Standing on Table in Boxing Stance

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American child posing standing on a table in a pugilist pose, with a European American man posing standing on the right with ...
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Horse and Buggy near Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a horse on a town street. Location identified as in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing, (partially visible) on the right displaying a horse on a town street. Location identified in Black River Falls by th...

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