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Cattle Driving

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Description: View across unpaved road towards people watching men drive cattle through town. A large commercial building is in the background on the left.
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man posing mounted on a horse on a snow-covered street. Commercial buildings are in the background.
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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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Girl Riding Calf

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Description: A crowd standing in a circle is watching a girl sitting on a calf. In the background is a storefront.
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Buchanan Comedy, Tonight

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Description: Crowd gathered on Main Street to see a poster and hear a band announcing the "Buchanan Comedy, Tonight."
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Man and Woman in a Buggy

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Description: View down unpaved First Street towards a man and woman posing sitting in a buggy, pulled by a single horse wearing a fly-net. Behind them is an arch over t...
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Wagon Parade

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Description: View across unpaved Main Street towards a crowd gathered to watch a parade of wagons.
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Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view from windowsill of a crowd gathered to watch a circus parade at an intersection.
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Crowd Watching Parade

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Description: View from sidewalk of crowd gathered on sidewalk along Main Street to watch a patriotically decorated stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses passing by...
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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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American Express Building and Studio of Van Schaick

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Description: View from unpaved street of telephone wires and poles in front of the American Express Building and the photography studio of Charles J. Van Schaick.
Photograph

Ringling Brothers Elephants

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets.
Postcard

Greeting From Black River Falls

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Description: Photographic collage of six views of Black River Falls, featuring the Grade School, High School, Bank, Main Street, a commercial business block and the da...
Postcard

Greetings from Black River Falls, Home Coming Festival

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view of five framed images from around Black River Falls; the bridge crossing the river, Main Street, the Court House Yard and founta...
Postcard

Flood Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign...
Postcard

Where City Once Stood - Business Section

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the devastation after a flood in central Black River Falls. Caption reads: "Where City Once Stood - Business Section."
Postcard

Black River Flood

Date: 10 05 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood. Crowds are gathered on the river bank, the bridge and the higher ground in the background. Caption ...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men at the Van Schaick Studio

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men dressed in suits posing standing on the sidewalk and steps in front of the brick building that houses American Express and th...
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Group of Men Standing Curbside

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men dressed in suits posing standing in the street and on the curb in front of a wooden building.
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Hunters and Their Deer

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Description: Group portrait of a dozen men posing sitting and kneeling while holding rifles in front of thirteen deer strung up across First Street. They are in front o...

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