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Snowbank on Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of a snowbank in the middle of the north side of Main Street between Water and First Streets, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Storefronts identi...
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Native American Women on Water Street

Date: 1911
Description: A boy is standing on a snow-covered wooden sidewalk on the left, and Native American women wrapped in blankets are walking on the sidewalk on the right. Vi...
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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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Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: Large group posing in front of a frame house.
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Buildings in Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Buildings in high flood water, and floating near the powerhouse spillway.
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Telephone Operators Posing on Steps

Date: 1911
Description: Four telephone operators pose on the steps of the Black River Falls Exchange Office Building. The second woman from the bottom is probably Mrs. W.E. (Hagen...
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Annie Massey and Hester Decorah Lowery on a Street in Town

Date: 1915
Description: Annie Massey (KeKoRaSinchKah), left, and Hester Decorah Lowery (NoGinWinKah). Hester lived to be well over one hundred years old.
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Jim Swallow and Pinkey Bigsoldier Crossing Street

Date: 1915
Description: Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah) and Pinkey Bigsolder (HoWaWinKah), as well as an unidentified child, crossing at the corner of Main and South First Street. J...
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Ho-Chunk Group in front of Werner Drugstore

Date: 1915
Description: A group of Ho-Chunk gathering in front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street. The signpost on the right side indicates that English was not the first language...
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Ho-Chunk Girls and Boy on Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: Two Ho-Chunk girls wrapped in Racine Woolen Mills shawls walking with a young boy down Water Street downtown. The Journal sign is visible behind them, and ...
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Martin Lein/Lien's Funeral

Date: 05 1911
Description: Panoramic view from street of Martin Lein/Lien's funeral procession, showing Main and Water Streets before the flood of 1911. The procession includes sever...
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Flood of 1911

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood.
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Horse Sheds for Farmers

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of group of people and horses in front of horse sheds for farmers after the 1911 flood, looking north, downtown on Harrison Street. In the fa...
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Black River Falls Flooding

Date: 1911
Description: A panoramic view of Black River Falls flooded streets, possibly taken during the flood of 1911. Three men are standing on the sidewalk next to the "Tollack...
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Trees in Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View across water of trees and wooden buildings submerged in water, probably during the 1911 (or 1905) flood of the Black River.
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Man Standing Near Child in Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene with a man standing in a coat next to a child bundled in a sled on the snow-covered sidewalk in front of the storefront of J.R. McDonald. In t...
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Flood Damage

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of buildings along the river's edge. Identified as probably Melrose or Northbend, not Black River Falls. Probably from the flood of 1911.
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Pedestrians and onlookers are in the foreground.
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory.
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Onlookers are standing in the road in the foreground.

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