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Studio Portrait of Two Children

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Description: A portrait of two children standing in front of a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop of a river scene. A boy and a youn...
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Woman Diving from Rowboat

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Description: View from rowboat of woman standing on the bow preparing to dive into the water. The boat is being steadied by a man standing in the water. Four other peop...
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Group with Bicycles and Oars

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Description: A group of seventeen young people of varying ages posing outside against a hill with bicycles and a set of rowing oars.
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Three Passenger Boats Approaching Dock

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Description: View from shoreline of three steam-powered passenger boats approaching a dock with a flag on it.
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Four Men Sailing

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Description: Four men sailing a small boat on a lake, with a shoreline in the background.
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Five Men Sailing on Lake

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Description: View from water of five men are sailing a small boat on a lake. There is another smaller boat on the right, and a shoreline in the background.
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Copy Photograph of Six Native American Men

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Description: Copy photograph of six Native American men standing outdoors wearing Sioux bonnets, and original print inscribed "Riverview Boat Line Indian Guides." Possi...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Prop Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of two men posing sitting in a painted rowboat prop in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right has his hand in the "water" and ...
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Building and Shoreline

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Description: View across water towards a brick building behind trees on the far shoreline. The reflection of the building is in the water near a boat floating at the sh...
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Three Ladies in a Rowboat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American women in a rowboat. The woman sitting on the left is wearing a dark-colored butto...
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Broken Pontoon Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the construction of a pontoon bridge at the Fillmore Street in Black River Falls built by the railroad. It had broken apart and was later ...
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Beginning of the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
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...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Exterior view down a slope towards an unidentified group of people posing under a tree by the shore of a body of water.
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Boating Scene

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Description: Exterior view of two women and a boat on the shore of a body of water.
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Sailing Outing

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Description: View across water towards five people on a sailboat. Identified as possibly near Hatfield.
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Boating Outing

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Description: View along shoreline towards two people with a boat moored along the shore.
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Mrs. Merlin Hull and Daughters

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a European American family. A girl is posing standing in front of a hull of a boat. There is an infant sitting in the boat, and a Europ...
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Flood Aftermath

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two women posing standing on a wooden sidewalk near the water's edge. Behind them are two men in a long boat in the water among partial...
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Dam and Railroad Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the dam in front of Black River Falls on the west end, with the railroad bridge and several wooden structures in the background.
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1911 Flood

Date: 10 1911
Description: View towards river with high water flooding over several buildings behind a group of people in the foreground. Identified as the flood of the Black River i...

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