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Big Falls Logging Crew

Date: 1900
Description: Four men from a logging crew posing standing in the snow with teams of horses and oxen.
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Telephone Exchange

Date: 1910
Description: A female telephone operator posing sitting at the switchboard.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
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Temperance Demonstration by Three Men

Date: 1900
Description: Three men in long coats and hats are standing outdoors and staging an elaborate temperance portrait, which includes jugs and an artificial human skull.
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Cutting Crew in the Woods

Date: 1900
Description: A cutting crew of three men posing in the woods with a work horse next to felled trees.
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Rail Siding and Hand Car with Crew

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Description: Rail siding and handcar with crew at Slashing, Waupaca County. Three men are standing on the handcar in the foreground. A young boy is sitting on a load of...
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View of Big Falls

Date: 1910
Description: View of town roads and buildings with stumpland foreground.
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Woman Posing Near Rock, Big Falls

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified woman posing near a rock at or near Big Falls.
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Unidentified Woman Sitting Outdoors

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of a woman wearing a hat sitting on rocks near a tree stump that has roots growing down between the rocks. Another woman is standing just behind t...
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Pebbles at Big Falls

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Description: View of several rounded rock formations amid trees. A woman wearing a hat is posing behind one large rock in the center. Caption reads: "'Pebbles' Big Fall...
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Wall Spalding Planing Mill

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Description: View across water towards a large building above a waterfall. Ice is coating the sides of the river. A bridge is in the foreground on the left. Railroad ca...
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Wall Spalding Saw Mill

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Description: View of a saw mill and silo. Several logs are floating on the river in the foreground. A bridge is on the right. Another building is in the distance. Capti...
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The Goose Pond, Little Wolf River

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Description: View from shoreline of a small pond along a river, among vegetation. Caption on negative reads: "Little Wolf River The Goose Pond."
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Little Wolf River at Big Falls

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Description: View from shoreline across a river. A wooden fence is along the far bank. Caption reads: "Little Wolf River At Big Falls."
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Street in Big Falls

Date: 1900
Description: View across unpaved street toward several buildings, and a horse-drawn buggy near a fence. The building on the left has an awning with the sign "[?]obosel ...
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Moonlight on Marion Pond

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over the tops of buildings to the water beyond. A wooden sidewalk and fence runs along the street in the foreground. Caption on negative read...

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