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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Joe Bear Heart near Table of Drying Corn

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Description: Lantern slide of a Ho-Chunk man wearing a hat posing standing behind a table loaded with kernels of corn on a cloth drying by a wooden building. The man is...
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House in Black River Falls

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Description: View across road of a man and woman posed standing in the fenced yard of a house in town, which is to the right of a storefront of the I.O.O.F. (Internatio...
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Stallion at Jackson County Fairgrounds

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Description: Man displaying a stallion near a wooden fence and in front of several buggies and a boy standing on the left, probably at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. I...
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Damaged Brick Building

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Description: View up hill towards a large brick building with a large hole blasted in the second-floor. A wood platform below is collapsed.
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Boy Feeding a Colt

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Description: Boy standing on a roadside feeding a colt from his hand. On the left are buildings and a fence. In the background on the other side of the road are trees i...
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Children Playing on Fallen Tree

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Description: View across open field towards children standing on a downed tree near the racetrack. There are buildings, a fence and a pavilion behind the tree.
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Man in Front of Storefront

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Description: View from street towards a man posing standing and holding his hat at the entrance of a two-story brick building with a storefront. There is a wood frame h...
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Group of People Posing in front of Tent

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Description: Two girls, a boy, and a man playing a trumpet posing sitting in front of two women and two men posing standing. Behind them is a tent, a wooden fence, and ...
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Group of People on Footbridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a man and woman posed standing on a footbridge over a small waterfall. On the right a woman sits with a child in her lap on the...
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Winter Scene of a Small Town

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Description: Exterior view of snow-covered wooden buildings. Stacks of wood and a railroad track crossing is in the foreground.
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Spaulding Sleigh Runners

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Description: Exterior view of the runners of a Spaulding sleigh behind the wagon shop.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of three unidentified boys posing standing in a yard surrounded by a wooden fence, near a wooden walkway. The Jackson County building is i...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Three European American Women

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three unidentified women sitting together on the grass. In the background is a wooden building. The woman on the left is posing k...
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Elevated Street View

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Description: Elevated view of town. The house near the center is identified as probably the residence of Dr. H.B. Cole, later Dr. Baxter, on the northeast corner of Har...
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Blacksmith Shop

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Description: View looking up snow-covered hill towards a man posing standing next to a tree on a snow-covered ground in front of a wooden structure with a sign that rea...
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Man Displaying a Horse

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Description: Outdoor view of a man displaying a single horse in front of several wooden buildings, possibly at a fair.
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Racing Buggies

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men posing sitting on racing buggies pulled by horses in front of a wooden structure. Probably the grandstand at the Jackson Coun...
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Boy on a Horse

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a boy posing sitting bareback on a horse in a field in front of some bushes. There is a building in the background.
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Elevated View of a Canoe

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Description: Elevated view of a man posing standing next to a canoe on sawhorses in a yard, showing the interior of the canoe, and two paddles lying inside. A young gir...

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