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Underside of a Trestle Bridge

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Description: View through the support structure of a trestle bridge. On the shoreline in the background a woman, girl, and another person are standing around what appea...
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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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Man and Woman Crossing a Bridge

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Description: Rear view of a woman wearing an ankle-length shawl on the board sidewalk of a bridge. A man is walking ahead of her. On the right are the steps of a buildi...
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Broken Pontoon Bridge

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

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a Native American woman, wrapped in a plaid shawl, walking in front of a horse hitched to a wagon. On the left across the ...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view from shoreline towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings in the background on the opposite shoreline. Identified as the second po...
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Winter Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of men chopping wood on a snow covered-ground with several town structures in the background. The small building in the center was the po...
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Men Fishing off a Bridge

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Description: View from bridge towards three men standing on the bridge and fishing. The road in the background rises up a small hill, and a building is in the distance.
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Black River near North Water Street

Date: 1911
Description: View from bridge across river towards a town along the shoreline. Location identified as showing German Hill and showing North Water Street before 1911.
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Wreckage of a Sand Hauler and Railroad Track

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Description: View of a railway at a construction site, with wreckage on the left side and a bridge in the background. Identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town ...
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Construction of the New Channel

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a construction site, with wreckage behind a wooden wall. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 f...
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Wreck of the Sand Hauler

Date: 1911
Description: View of a construction site with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black River ...
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Wagons Crossing the Bridge over the Black River

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Description: View from hill looking down towards individuals and wagons on a bridge over a river. The bridge is identified as the wagon bridge, which was reportedly bui...
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Man on a Bridge over a Creek

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Description: View from riverbank towards a man standing and leaning on the railing of a bridge. In the background is a large wooden building with a flag on the roof.
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Bridge at Black River Falls

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Description: View across grass and trees towards a bridge. On the other side of the bridge is a large industrial building.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy on Bridge

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Description: View along railing of bridge towards a horse pulling a man in a buggy on a bridge. The unpaved road in the background has trees on both sides, and there is...
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Native American Woman Crossing the Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View across bridge towards a Native American woman walking on the wooden sidewalk of a bridge above a river. Identified as the Harrison Street bridge. Buil...
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Bare-Knuckle Boxing

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Description: Two men are posing in profile in a fighting stance. Identified as Lutie Frantz on the left, and Elmer on the right.
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Dam at Merrilan

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Description: Elevated view of a wooden bridge and dam at Merrilan. Lumber is piled on the left.

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