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Mrs. Charles Van Schaick on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Charles Van Schaick, posing on horseback, is riding past the livery stable. It was unusual for women at this time to ride horseback.
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Man with Horse Team and Wagon

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Description: Man driving team and wagon from livery stable. On the right is a ramp at the side of a building, which possibly leads to the paint shop owned by John Grube...
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Livery Stable on First Street

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Description: Horse-drawn snowplow in front of the City Livery, and blanketed horses with sleighs and wagons in the street.
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children Outside Livery

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Description: Ho-Chunk women and children wrapped in shawls and sitting on the ground outside the livery.
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Historic Stable

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Description: A view of a stable that was used by General George Washington during encampment in the winter of 1777-1778.
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Main Street

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Description: View of Main Street. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a man on horseback are in the street. Business signs read: "(obscured) Boarding House," "Pete's ...
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Freight Team

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Description: A view of a sixteen horse freight team. In the background are a livery and feed stable, along with a harness shop. Caption reads: "16 Horse Freight Team, L...
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Company E

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Description: Elevated view of the assembled military men of Company E and the military band on a town street. Other people stand and observe behind the formation of sol...
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Standpipe & Fire Department

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Description: A tall standpipe, also known as a water tower, next to a fire department. Stables are at the street level and a bell is on the roof. Caption reads: "Stand ...
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City View

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Description: Elevated view of the city with a river in the foreground.
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Catholic Church and Parsonage

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Catholic Church, including parsonage and grounds.
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down Main Street. On the right is a general store, and Livery/Hardware building with horse-drawn carts parked in the street in front. A group of men a...
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Preston Church

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Description: Wooden church with a bell tower and a stable in the back on the right. Fences and fields are in the background.
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General Store

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Description: View across street of the General Store. A group of five men, two women, and three children are standing in front. with a windmill is in the back and a sta...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1909
Description: Three-quarter view of the front and side of the M.E. Church, which is a wood frame building. Above the entrance is a bell tower with a weather vane. Near t...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of Main Street which is unpaved. A young girl wearing a bonnet is standing in the road on the right, near another child standing at the co...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1912
Description: View from road of the German Methodist Episcopal Church. The double doorway has an arched window above it, and another circular window with a decorative fr...
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Auditorium Hotel

Date: 1911
Description: The Auditorium Hotel, a three-story building with a turret and stairs to the main floor entrances. A wrap-around balcony is on the main floor. Barrels unde...
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LaCrosse Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of unpaved Main Street. There are large trees along the sidewalk on the left. Businesses line both sides of the street, and there is a sta...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the central business district in a rural community. A group of people on the landing of a store. A cart with a pair of horses at hitching post.

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