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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View looking down hill of bridge, probably the Harrison Street Bridge, leading into town over the river. There is a man standing on the bridge, and a blurr...
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Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
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Logging Clean-Up Crew

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Description: Group of men and a boy posed holding logging tools and standing in front of tents on the banks of a river, probably just south of Black River Falls. A man ...
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Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
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Group of People on a Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of people, men, women and children, gathered in groups on a wooden bridge. A sign in the middle of the bridge reads: "$50 Fine for Cutt...
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Bridge

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Description: View across water towards a bridge over the river.
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River and Town

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Description: View from shoreline over river, with the buildings of town and a bridge on the opposite shoreline.
Postcard

Power Station

Date: 1908
Description: Colorized photographic postcard of an elevated view of the power station next to the river. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Power Station, B...
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Group of People on Footbridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a man and woman posed standing on a footbridge over a small waterfall. On the right a woman sits with a child in her lap on the...
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Parade Dispersing

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Description: Elevated view of spectators and a marching band leaving a parade. There are bridges crossing a river in the background.
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Quarry Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face with two sets of small railroad tracks behind them. Identified as probably the quar...
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Man on Log Dam

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Description: Exterior view of an individual posing standing on top of a high log dam in the distance. There is a wood railing in the foreground.c
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Men Fishing off a Bridge

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Description: View from bridge towards three men standing on the bridge and fishing. The road in the background rises up a small hill, and a building is in the distance.
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Wagons Crossing the Bridge over the Black River

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Description: View from hill looking down towards individuals and wagons on a bridge over a river. The bridge is identified as the wagon bridge, which was reportedly bui...
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Distant View of a Bridge

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Description: View through trees and bushed towards a wooden bridge in the distance.
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Collapsed Bridge near a Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a dam on a river. There is a collapsed bridge in front of the dam, and people standing on the road on the right. Identified as possibly th...
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Native American Woman Crossing the Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View across bridge towards a Native American woman walking on the wooden sidewalk of a bridge above a river. Identified as the Harrison Street bridge. Buil...

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