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Jen Parsons Kelly on Sidewalk

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Description: A woman posing standing on a board sidewalk in front of a wooden building, possibly on the east side of South First Street.
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Three Children in Town

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Description: Ho-Chunk woman, and three Ho-Chunk children wearing winter clothes, standing on a board sidewalk in town, probably Black River Falls. Two of the children a...
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Post Office Store in Shamrock

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Description: Exterior view of post office/store and a frame house in the town of Shamrock, Two men and a boy are standing in front of the store, a man and woman are sta...
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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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Deteriorated Wooden Buildings

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Description: Wooden buildings in ruin. Overgrown bushes and piles of dirt are in the foreground.
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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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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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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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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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Elevated View of Central Black River Falls through an Alley

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Description: Elevated stereograph view of Black River Falls, between First and Second Streets, looking north across Main Street.
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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 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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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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Building on the Corner of First and Fillmore

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of men and women, probably Native Americans, posing sitting and standing in front of Building #88 on the northea...
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Draft Horse at the Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a large draft horse being displayed by a man in the street in front of a group of men and the Merchant's Hotel located at Harrison and Firs...
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Sawyer Livery

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Description: Outdoor view across road towards a man posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a pair of horses in front. In the background a woman is posing standing in the d...
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Horses at the Price Barn

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man, partially seen on the left, holding the reins and displaying two horses standing in the snow. There is a man posing sitting in a...
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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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Winter Street Scene; Merchants Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a boy posing standing on a sled pulled by a dog on a snow-covered and muddy street. Location identified as in front of the Merchant's Hotel...

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