Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View of Main and Water Streets while experiencing severe flooding. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Elevated panoramic view. Business district has a cluster of larger brick buildings at left and center, behind a sprinkling of houses. Very large building i... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Four telephone operators pose on the steps of the Black River Falls Exchange Office Building. The second woman from the bottom is probably Mrs. W.E. (Hagen... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting and wearing suits, bow ties, and hats. Andrew John (Big) Blackhawk (WaCon... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Elevated view of group of people and horses in front of horse sheds for farmers after the 1911 flood, looking north, downtown on Harrison Street. In the fa... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | A panoramic view of Black River Falls flooded streets, possibly taken during the flood of 1911. Three men are standing on the sidewalk next to the "Tollack... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View across water of trees and wooden buildings submerged in water, probably during the 1911 (or 1905) flood of the Black River. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Photographic postcard view of the devastation after a flood in central Black River Falls. Caption reads: "Where City Once Stood - Business Section." |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View across river of buildings along the river's edge. Identified as probably Melrose or Northbend, not Black River Falls. Probably from the flood of 1911. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Exterior view of Black River Falls at the beginning of the flood of 1911. Note the roof of the powerhouse in the water, and the Spaulding wagon shop on the... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Outdoor portrait of a European American man and four European American women standing on a wooden walkway in a yard. Identified from left to right as: Jim ... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View from shoreline looking across the dam in front. Black River Falls is on the opposite shoreline, with several wooden structures, including the power ho... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View from bridge across river towards a town along the shoreline. Location identified as showing German Hill and showing North Water Street before 1911. |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | Outdoor view of a construction site, with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Bla... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View towards a construction site, with a railway track with a train and other machinery. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek a... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the right. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1... |
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