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Bird's-Eye View of Black River Falls, Jackson County

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Black River Falls, looking southwest.
Photograph

Old Bridge over Black River

Date: 1920
Description: View of old bridge, river and buildings in downtown Black Falls River in the winter.
Photograph

Bridge and Downtown Buildings

Date: 1925
Description: View of bridge over Black River Falls, looking at downtown buildings.
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Bridge over the Black River

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Black River during construction. It was built during 1923 and 1924 by the Wausau Iron Works. Tom Cleary was the Resident...
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Downtown Black River Falls

Date: 1930
Description: View of downtown, with a bridge and buildings in the background and storefronts in the foreground.
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Bridge with Metal Framework

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Description: Bridge with metal framework and sidewalks on each side. Man walking away from the camera on the left sidewalk. Sign across the bridge, "$10. FINE FOR DRIVI...
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Horse and Wagon on Plank Bridge

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Description: Horses and wagons passing over a plank bridge. Woman driving the lead wagon pulled by a single horse, and a man and another obscured person in the second w...
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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
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...
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Crowd of People with Flag near Bridge

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Description: Crowd of people carrying a flag leaving town over the bridge, possibly heading toward the railroad depot.
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Patriotic Parade Crossing Bridge

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Description: Patriotic parade crossing the bridge into town and probably heading up German Hill. The buildings identified, from right to left, the Spaulding wagon shop,...
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Crowd of People on Bridge

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Description: Bridge into town lined with people and icy water below.
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Bridge and Dam on River

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Description: Bridge with water underneath, and a wooden levy dam.
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Ice Gorge

Date: 1876
Description: Town and business district, showing the early covered bridge across from the tail race of the powerhouse, with logs overflowing the river into yards, proba...
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Crowd Fishing from Rocks

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Description: View along shoreline of group of men and boys fishing from rocks under a bridge, while others watch from above. Houses are in the far background on a hill....
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Mrs. George Funmaker Sr. on the Black River Bridge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman is walking across the Black River Bridge wearing a long shawl over her shoulders and carrying a bundle. Identified as Mrs. George Funmaker...
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View down Water Street

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Description: View down Water Street, with billboards advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. There is also a bridge ...
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: Men posed standing on the rocky river bank and bridge, probably the Harrison Street Bridge. A sign on the bridge says: "? Fine for driving or riding on thi...
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View looking down hill of bridge, probably the Harrison Street Bridge, leading into town over the river. There is a man standing on the bridge, and a blurr...
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View from what appears to be a lumber yard of men posed standing on the newly constructed Harrison Street bridge that replaced one destroyed in the flood o...

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