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Group Posing Behind Logs Along Riverbank

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Description: Group portrait of men and women, all wearing hats, peeking over the top of a large log along the riverbank. Other large logs are piled behind them. A railr...
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Swimmer Bridge Diving

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Description: View across river towards a swimmer, caught in mid-air, jumping from the railroad bridge. Two people are on top of the bridge looking down. In the backgrou...
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Diver Standing on Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a diver posing on the railroad bridge over the river. Another man is standing on the railroad tracks on the left. Buildings are o...
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Scene at Country Fair

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Description: Elevated view of the scene at the country fair. In the foreground a crowd is gathered near a pavilion near the racetrack. In the background on the right is...
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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 Portrait of Men in the Woods

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Description: Large group of men posing standing among other men on horseback in front of tents in the woods. The horses are wearing yokes. There appears to be a wood st...
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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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Exterior View of Creamery

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Description: Exterior view of a wooden creamery building, with men and horse-drawn wagons transporting milk cans.
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Street View; A Small Town in Winter

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Description: Exterior view of snow-covered wooden buildings near an intersection.
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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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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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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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Edna Richards Turner

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Description: Woman posing standing outdoors in the yard of a brick building. She is wearing a light-colored dress, and is identified as Edna Richards Turner.
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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 European American Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a group of 14 unidentified children and young women posing standing in tall grass. There is a wooden building in the background on the ...
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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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