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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Men Outside of American Express Company Office

Date: 09 1896
Description: Four unidentified men posing standing in front of office buildings. Sign in the window of the American Express Company Office shows a horse and advertises ...
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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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Boy Mowing the W.R. O'Hearn Yard

Date: 1898
Description: Boy mowing the lawn in front of an elaborate Victorian frame house, probably the residence of W.R. O'Hearn located at Tenth and Harrison Streets. The house...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Dry Goods Storefront on Main Street

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Description: View from street towards a young man wearing suit and a derby hat posing standing in the doorway of Jones and Marsh Dry Goods.
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Man at Desk

Date: 1895
Description: A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s...
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Man with Racehorse

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Description: Man in a racing rig with a harnessed horse on the northwest corner of Harrison and Third Street. There is a barn behind them.
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Dancers Forming a Circle

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Description: Dancers form a circle while two seated men play a guitar and a mandolin.
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Males

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk males posing sitting and leaning against a prop stone wall. Probably John Blackh...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of five Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the men are sitting on a prop stone wall, and three of the m...
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Studio Portrait of Ulysses White

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Ulysses White, posing standing and leaning on a prop stone column in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men wearing hats in front of a painted backdrop with a prop stone wall. The man on the left, Black Deer, is wearing a...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and a Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing in the center, and wearing a suit and turtleneck sweater. On the left is a...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting on a prop stone wall on the left, and wearing a suit and bandana and holdin...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posing sitting in front of three man posing behind them along a prop stone wall. All of the men a...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Two Children

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, two children, and a dog are standing outside a large brick building with bars over the windows. Identified as probably John Mike and the ch...
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William Rainbow and Henry Stacy (Bad Soldier)

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing standing and wearing suits and ties in front of a painted backdrop and prop stone wall. The yo...
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Group Portrait with Infant

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Description: Group portrait of four women, one man, and one infant standing outdoors in front of a brick wall covered in vines. The man is on the far left next to one w...
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Five Men on Brick Ruins

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Description: Group portrait of five men posing sitting on top of brick ruins, perhaps the remains of bridge supports.

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