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Powwow Group

Date: 1908
Description: Ho-Chunk performers gathered behind a drum and Winnebago baskets at the 1908 Homecoming. Standing from the left are Jim Swallow (MaPaZoeRayKeKah), William ...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Hogs on Main Street

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Description: Boy and man herd hogs through town on Main Street, probably on the way to the stockyards near the railroad station on the east side of the Black River. Sto...
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Woman and Girl on Water Street

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Description: Woman and girl across the street from the J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company.
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Man pulling Girl in Sled

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Description: Man and small girl in a homemade sled in front of the steps that lead to the photographic studio of Charles J. Van Schaick. Storefront on the left sells cr...
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Tailor's Storefront

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Description: Storefronts identified from left to right include: J. Sannes Merchant Tailor with a sign on building for "Lemonade and Pop," and an unidentified storefront...
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Woman and Girl in Buggy

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a woman and girl posing in a buggy pulled by a horse. Eckern's Store is in the right background.
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Group Posing in front of House

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Description: Four women, a man, and two girls posing in front of a two-story and one-story house.
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Portrait of Children and Adults

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Description: Man and woman with boy and girl posing outdoors.
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Group Posed Outdoors

Date: 1910
Description: Large group posing in front of a frame house.
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Studio Portrait of Children and Adults

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man surrounded by two standing boys and a girl in a dress in front of a painted backdrop. The man and boys are wearing suit jac...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, on the north side of Main Street, between First and Water Streets. Iver Erickson's shoemaker shop is at ...
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Horse-Drawn Wagon with Band

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Description: Horse-drawn wagon with band followed by a wagon with an advertisement.
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Crowd of People with Flag near Bridge

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Description: Crowd of people carrying a flag leaving town over the bridge, possibly heading toward the railroad depot.
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Sleds and Sleighs

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Description: Winter scene with sleds and sleighs on a snow-covered street in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The man in center sleigh is probably Moses Paquette.
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People near a House

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Description: Seated man, probably William O'Brien, a woman with umbrella, Maggie Beatty O'Brien, and William Miles O'Brien, posing in front of a house. Two men are in t...
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Family Posed in front of House

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Description: Man and woman, with umbrella, posing with a girl and baby in a wicker baby carriage in front of a frame house, number 419.
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Group of People Posed in front of House

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Description: Group of three men, woman, and a boy posed in front of house on hill.
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Group of People Posed in front of House

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Description: Group of people posed in front of a frame house. Two women, one seated, and a child in a buggy on the left side; two men, a seated dog, and a bicycle on th...
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Group of People Posed in front of House

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Description: Large group of men, women, and children posed in front of the doorway of a small frame building, near a wagon.

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