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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view, with snow on the ground, of Main Street with the Baptist Church on the left facing the Episcopalian Church at the right center. Center left ...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1890
Description: View of a Lutheran church.
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Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of Main Street and the surrounding buildings.
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Road Grader Plowing Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene looking toward Main Street from South First Street, with an arch over the intersection. A man is operating a road grader pulled by four horses...
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Cattle in Snow on Main Street

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Description: Winter scene with short-horned cattle on snow-covered Main Street, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Man Driving Bobsled

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Description: Man driving a bobsled and team of two horses. A row of buildings is along the street in the background.
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Man Holding Two Horses

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing with two horses with white-blazed foreheads. Taken in town, with buildings in the background and snow on the ground.
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Two-Story Frame House

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Description: Two-story and one-story frame house with a snow-covered yard.
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Three Horses in Barnyard

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Description: Two men display three horses on reins, probably in front of Abe Bailey's barn.
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Football Game

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene with two teams line up on a snowy field during a football game at the Jackson County Fairgrounds.
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Group Posing in front of House

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Description: A large group of men, women, and children of varying ages standing around the porch of a frame house in winter.
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Lumberyard with Town in Background

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Description: A view of the lumberyard with the town in the background.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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Ho-Chunk Family During Winter

Date: 1915
Description: Using a portable, 4 x 5 glass plate negative camera, Van Schaick photographed Ho-Chunk on the streets of Black River Falls. These occasional pictures offer...
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Man in Front of Gazebo

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Description: A man is posed standing on snow-covered ground in front of a gazebo in a park. He is wearing a suit and necktie, and holding a hat in his right hand. There...
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Man in Front of Gazebo

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Description: A man is posed standing on snow-covered ground in front of a gazebo in a park. He is wearing a coat, suit and necktie, and holding a hat in his right hand....
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Man in Front of Gazebo

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Description: Ho-Chunk man posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a gazebo. He is wearing an overcoat, necktie, and hat. There are trees in the backgroun...
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Ho-Chunk Girls and Boy on Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: Two Ho-Chunk girls wrapped in Racine Woolen Mills shawls walking with a young boy down Water Street downtown. The Journal sign is visible behind them, and ...
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The 'Hixton House' and the Methodist Church

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Description: Portrait of several buildings and a snowy landscape, probably in Hixton. A man is standing outside the first building on the left, which has a sign on the ...

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