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Telephone Workers

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of men working on telephone lines from scaffolding attached to the pole in front of the telephone exchange building.
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Hunting Prairie Chickens

Date: 1895
Description: Two hunters check their shotguns while their hunting dogs wait in the field.
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Portrait of Clara St. Cyr and Lucy Davis

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef...
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Boxcar Traveler

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands in the open doorway of a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway boxcar.
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Train Wreck

Date: 1900
Description: Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls.
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Brass Band

Date: 1895
Description: Brass band musicians in uniform pose with their instruments.
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Men Wearing Top Hats

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Description: Studio portrait of two nattily-dressed men wearing top hats. One man is pointing at the other man. They are posing for the camera on a low stone wall in fr...
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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Turn-of-the-Century Bicyclists

Date: 1900
Description: Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters.
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Baby in Coffin

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Description: Deceased baby in coffin.
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Small Girl in Coffin

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Description: Small girl in a casket which is standing upright against a wall. There is a man standing on the left nearby.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Bird's-Eye View of Black River Falls, Jackson County

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Black River Falls, looking southwest.
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Several elephants walk up a hill in a circus parade along Main Street. They are followed by a group of horses, while bystanders watch from a platform on t...
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Businesses Along Main St.

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Description: Men and children pose in front of retail businesses and from a second story window, and look out into the street.
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Girl By Stream

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Description: Girl wearing dress, with hat in hand, standing next to a stream. She is shown from the back, looking downstream and waving.
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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Three Woman on Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Three women (Jennie Parsons Kelly, left, and Lena Eisenback Post, center, and an unidentified woman on the right) on Main Street in front of Yep Ah Sing's ...

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