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Man Pointing Revolver Toward Himself

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Description: A man stands near a woodpile and points a revolver toward his chest.
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David Goodvillage Standing on Snowy Ground with Horse

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Description: David Goodvillage (WauHeTonChoEKah), standing with his horse who is loaded with supplies, including cattail mats, snowshoes and canvases, for a hunting and...
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Ho-Chunk Couple with Dog

Date: 1890
Description: A Ho-Chunk couple and their dog outside of their winter home (ciiporoke). A Hudson Bay blanket is hanging over the door opening. The long tree branches lea...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman near Winter Lodge

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and woman posing standing in front of a Ho-Chunk winter lodge. The man is reportedly blind. In the background there is a horse and snow on t...
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Fillmore Street

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Description: Snow-covered backyards in town with stacks of logs, probably Fillmore Street between First and Second Streets. The brick building in the background is prob...
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and a group of boys and girls posing sitting and standing in front of a wooden building, probably a school group, possibly the To...
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Farm Buildings and Frame House

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Description: View across grass towards a board frame house, farm buildings, hanging laundry, and a large wood pile.
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Man and Woman with Horse-Drawn Buggy in front of House

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Description: Man and woman posing in front of a fence. They are standing near a wagon pulled by a team of two horses. In the background is a two-story frame house with ...
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People and a Buggy in Front of a House

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Description: A man, woman, and two children are posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a team of two horses. A man is standing near the corner of the two-story frame house...
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Family in front of Frame House

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Description: View across grassy field towards a group of people posing in front of two-story frame house with a porch. Three women, and a man holding a young child. are...
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Man Sawing Logs

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Description: View across deep snow towards a man sawing logs next to a log cabin. In the background is a fence, and beyond across a field are more farm buildings and a ...
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Boy and Girl Playing in Yard

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Description: View from the shade of a building towards a boy and girl sitting on a pile of dirt playing. There is a small buggy on the left. In the background are a num...
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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Elevated view from opposite shoreline of Halcyon Brick Works on the shore of a river. Trees, fields and hills are in the far background.
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Group of People Next to House

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Description: Two women, two boys, two girls, and a small girl are posing standing at the corner of a frame house. A woman is standing next to a column of the porch, and...
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Exterior Group Portrait of European American Men

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Description: Stereograph of a large group of European American men posing standing outdoors.
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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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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three children, two of them posing standing and one child lying down. One child is wearing what may be a catcher's mask, and the ...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family; O'Brien Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a family group posing standing in front of a wooden house and between two carriages drawn by horses. The group is identified as t...
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Unidentified House with Wood Pile

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn of a two-story wood and brick house. There is a large woodpile stacked on the left.
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Unidentified People at an Unidentified House

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Description: View across yard towards a group of European American people. Two women, two children, and an infant are posing on the porch of a two-story wooden house.

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