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Speaker at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at railroad station listening to a whistle-stop speaker standing on the back of a caboose. Probably William McKinley.
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Train at Railroad Station

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Description: Train releasing steam at the railroad station.
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Man on Railroad Switch Control Tower

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Description: Man standing on the top of the stairway of the railroad switch control tower, probably just outside Sheppard, Wisconsin.
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Man Relaxing in Railroad Switch Control Tower

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Description: Man leaning his feet on the switches in the railroad switch control tower.
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Man in Railroad Switch Tower

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Description: Man, possibly Milton J. Harphold, sitting at a telegraph desk in the railroad switch tower.
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Railway Crane lifting Boxcar

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Description: Crowd watching a railway crane lift a boxcar from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway back on the track.
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Sand Quarrying

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Description: Sand quarrying in German Hill to obtain fill for use in the business district after a flood. Steam shovel in use.
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Two Men and Small Locomotive

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Description: Two men posing in front of a small locomotive, probably a donkey engine used to refill downtown after the flood.
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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Three Workmen

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a telephone pole with climbing equipment, with two men standing below.
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Lineman Suspended above Street

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Description: Elevated view towards a lineman sitting in a suspended seat, possibly stringing telephone line. There is an automobile parked near a brick building across ...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank. Men are probably preparing the lot for the hous...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Team of horses powering a winch and moving a frame building. Before the flood of 1911, moving the Express building from the northeast corner of Main and Se...
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Men Loading Barrels on Wagons

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Description: Men loading barrels on horse-drawn wagons, probably the Onalaska Pickling and Canning Company on Winnebago Avenue.
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Men near Brick Kiln

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Description: Man posing in the doorway of a brick kiln.
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Five Men near Damaged Building

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Description: Horse and wagon carrying five men in front of a damaged building, probably the blast furnace for the York Iron Company.
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Men near Black River

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Description: Men working at a rock crushing works on the east side of the Black River across from Spaulding's Rocks.
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Log Jam on Icy River

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Description: Five men and a log jam on an icy river.
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Log Jam under Hatfield Wagon Bridge

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Description: Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Wagon Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the floo...

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