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Driving Hogs Through Town

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Description: Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t...
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Mose Bone Sample Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men at the Mose Bone Sample Room. Two men are sitting on chairs on the porch in front. A male dwarf is walking on the board sidewalk in front of the saloon...
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Grocery Store on Main Street

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Description: O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa...
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Hat Shop Window Display

Date: 1896
Description: The front window display of a Black River Falls hat shop. Rows of cloth caps, with linen, and straw hats are heaped on the showcase floor. A mannequin is ...
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Man and Woman on Sidewalk

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Description: View from sidewalk of a horse-drawn buggy parked along the side of Main Street, looking southeast at First Street. An immigrant couple, possibly Norwegian,...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
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Mr. Meinholtz in his Store

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Description: Mr. Meinholtz and a woman, probably his wife or daughter, posing at the counter inside the Meinholtz Store. She is holding a piece of fabric, and he is hol...
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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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Ho-Chunk Family Sitting near Board Sidewalk

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man, woman, and child are sitting on steps in front of a storefront on a board sidewalk. Along the sidewalk in front of windows are two painting...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children in front of Storefront

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk women and two children are standing in front of a storefront. The Ho-Chunk women and girl are all wearing shawls wrapped around their heads ...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Men in Front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street

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Description: View from street of two Ho-Chunk women and a Ho-Chunk man standing in the doorway of the Werner Drugstore on the north side of Main Street between First an...
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G.M. Breakey Drugs and Groceries

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Description: Group of men, women, children and a dog posing standing in front of G.M. Breakey Drugs and Groceries. One man, perhaps the grocer, is standing in front of ...
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J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore

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Description: View from street of men standing inside and outside of the J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore on the northeastern corner of Water and Main Streets.
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Jones and Marsh Dry Goods Store

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Description: Exterior view of the Jones and Marsh Dry Goods Store located in the center of the block on the north side of Main Street, owned by brothers-in-law, J.F. Ma...
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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Nick Nelson Furniture Store

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Description: View from street of the Nick Nelson Furniture Store, with a man posed sitting on the steps. A rocking chair sits in the middle of the stoop in the open doo...
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Woman and Girls at Milliner Shop

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Description: View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r...
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General Store; Interior

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Description: Interior portrait of a young European American man posing standing in a general store. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat and hat, and is standing at t...
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C.E. Mower General Store

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American boy wearing a cap who is entering the shop of C.E. Mower. Probably located on the north side of Main Street. There is a...

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