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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a top-buggy posing with a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching elephants in a circus parade. In the foreground are power lines and telephone poles.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro...
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Falls House

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Description: Falls House, a little one-dollar-a-day hotel near the banks of the Black River at the corner of First and Fillmore Streets, built by Susan Gebhardt in 1886...
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Lila Tester in front of the Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored dress with a sweater or jacket, standing and holding the reins and bridle of a horse in a street. A man...
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Winter Street Scene; United States Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view across snowy road towards a two-story wooden building surrounded by snow. In the middle foreground are two horse-drawn sleighs, the one in the...
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Horse and Buggy near Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a horse on a town street. Location identified as in front of the Merchants Hotel.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing, (partially visible) on the right displaying a horse on a town street. Location identified in Black River Falls by th...
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Sponsored Float

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a wagon pulled by a team of six horses advertising "The People's Drugstore" under a banner that reads "Wall Paper and Pa...
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After a Parade

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Description: Exterior portrait of a wagon pulled by a team of four horses and under a banner that reads "Wall Paper and Paints." A marching band is gathered on a sidewa...
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Merchant's Inn on a Rainy Day

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Description: Exterior view of Merchant's Inn on a rainy day. Located at the southwest corner of S. First Street and Fillmore. A man in a buggy pulled by two horses in t...
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Merchant's Inn on a Rainy Day

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Description: View across street of Merchant's Inn located at the southwest corner of S. First and Fillmore Streets. A man in a buggy pulled by two horses is in the stre...
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Group of People at the Merchant Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view towards a group of people lining the front and second-story balcony of the Merchants Hotel. A buggy is parked on the right.

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