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Studio Portrait of Three Women Guests at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women wearing gypsy costumes. The woman in the center is gazing at the other women's pa...
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Studio Portrait of Geda Severson at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Geda (Gyda) Severson standing next to a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark skirt, a light blo...
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Studio Portrait of Jennie White at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Jennie White sitting on a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark, patterned skirt, a light blouse...
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Studio Portrait of Three Women Guests at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women wearing gypsy costumes. One women is sitting in the center, and two women are sit...
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Jackson County House

Date: 1905
Description: View across lawn towards a large brick house with two entrances. A man is sitting on the steps on the right side. A single tree is growing in the lawn. Ide...
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1910 Black River Falls Basketball Team

Date: 1910
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the 1910 Black River Falls basketball team. Three men are posing sitting, and four men are posing s...
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Aftermath of the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the Black River after the 1911 flood. Severely eroded banks are on the left.
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1911 Flood in Black River Falls

Date: 1911
Description: View along shoreline of the Black River after the 1911 flood. The banks are eroded, and power lines are downed.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Wedding Party

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a wedding party, including two men, a woman, a girl and a boy. The bridal bouquet is at the bride's...
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Main Street Between Water and First Street

Date: 1911
Description: View across Main Street, between First and Water Streets. Businesses include A.H. Hagen & Son on the left, and C.E. Mower on the right. A lamppost is in th...
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Rollie Jacobs Family at Bond and Batten Cottage

Date: 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait in an identified location of a group of European American people posing in the yard of a small wooden cottage. There are two men and...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European Americans

Date: 1985
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of four men and five women.
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Copy Photograph of Outdoor Group Portrait of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Copy photograph of a large group of women at Rock Springs Park.
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R.P. Rainey Residence at 6th and Pierce Streets

Date: 1909
Description: View across unpaved street towards a two-story wooden house with a wrap-around porch and three entrances. A woman is sitting on the porch, and another woma...
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R.P. Rainey Residence at 6th and Pierce Streets

Date: 1909
Description: View across lawn towards the side of a two-story wooden house with a porch in the front on the right, and a balcony in the back on the left. A woman is sit...
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Parade for the State Fair

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of a parade on a city street. Location identified as Main Street in Black River Falls, for the State Fair in 1905.
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Damage After 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View along eroded shoreline of the damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. A city street had been washed away. Three men are looking at the river.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of damage to buildings after the 1911 flood of the Black River. Wooden debris is floating in the flood water and encroaching the shoreline.
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Aftermath of the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across the high water on the Black River towards the town of Black River Falls. There is a large amount of wooden debris floating in the rive...
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Flood Damage on Black River

Date: 1911
Description: View along shoreline of damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. An entire wall of a building is gone, and debris is along the river banks.

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