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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

Date: 1890
Description: A woman, possibly the daughter of C.R. Monroe, holding up an image of Black River Falls Main Street at the back of a traveling photographer's wagon.
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Woman Wearing Hat

Date: 1891
Description: Woman in a tilted hat posing in the foreground. Across the street are stores: J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company and Squire's Oyster House. Probably on...
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Elevated View of Downtown

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view looking west from the Jackson County Courthouse.
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Crowd Watching Parade

Date: 1898
Description: View of crowd watching a parade. Elevated view taken from the Van Schaick studio; the same building housed the telephone exchange.
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh and Sled

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands on a sled pulled by a team of two horses that is carrying logs on a snow-covered road. Moving away from the log-carrying sled is an empty egg-...
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Man Papering Barn

Date: 1897
Description: A man papers a barn with posters for the "Black River Falls Fair, September 7, 8, 9 & 10."
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Man Posing on Main Street

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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Man Posing on Main Street - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on Main Street in Black River Falls, ca. 1886, created by Van Schaick or his colleague, Thomas T. McAdam.
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bandwagon and animal cage pass in a circus parade. Probably the ...

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