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Photograph

Main and Water Streets

Date: 1911
Description: View of Main and Water Streets while experiencing severe flooding.
Postcard

River During Flood

Date: 1917
Description: View looking across the river east into Black River Falls during the flood, showing the elevated level of the river and buildings falling into the water. C...
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Flood at Black River Falls

Date: 10 06 1911
Description: View of Monsos Brothers Grocery & Crockery after most of the building was washed away by the flooding Black River. High, rushing water can be seen on the r...
Photograph

Flood of 1911

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

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...
Photograph

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.
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 ...
Postcard

Black River Flood

Date: 10 05 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood in a residential neighborhood. A man is picking up pieces of wood in the road. Large piles of debris...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Flood Damage

Date: 1922
Description: View along steep shoreline towards people among the rubble near buildings at the top of the bank on the left. The river is on the right. Location identifie...
Photograph

Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor view of a construction site, with wreckage in a ditch. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Bla...
Photograph

Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the right. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1...
Photograph

Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with men working near a railway track with sand haulers. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek...
Photograph

Steam Shovel Cutting German Hill

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a steam shovel working on a hill by a railway and water tank. Location identified as the cutting down of German Hill for fill to reconstruct t...
Photograph

Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards men standing among several large rocks, and a road made with logs. Identified as the lying of logs on the sand bar after the flood of Black Ri...
Photograph

Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View down wall towards a construction site. On the right arec men by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the f...

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