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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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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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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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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Leslie Werner Repair Shop

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Description: Interior of the Leslie Werner Repair Shop. A worker is repairing a violin and there are many bicycle rims and parts in view.
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Men in front of Local Stores

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Description: Sixteen men and boys posing in front of the building holding the J.W. Cole & Co. Drugstore and W. Elmore & Sons Store on the northeastern corner of Water a...
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Group in front of American Express Company

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Description: Five men, a woman, and three girls posing in front of a brick two-story building owned by Charles J. Van Schaick, which housed the American Express Company...
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Band in the Country

Date: 1897
Description: Eleven uniformed musicians holding their instruments stand in a semi-circle, with the two drummers seated with their drums. The band consists of 2 trombone...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Couple with Small Child in Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Man, woman, and small child posing standing in a yard in front of a frame house.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Portrait of Eight Women and One Man

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight women, three of whom are sitting, and one seated man.
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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Portrait of the Petersons

Date: 1899
Description: Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family.

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