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Burning Building and Volunteer Fire Fighters

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Description: Volunteer fire fighters prepare to put out a fire on a roof. The fire company's hose cart is the vehicle with two large wheels which was attached to any av...
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Charles Van Schaick Home

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Description: Elevated view of the street and board sidewalk. Robie house located lower left; Charles Van Schaick residence with porch located in the center; Roman Catho...
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View of Black River Falls

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Description: An elevated, panoramic view of the town, composed of two photographs and probably taken from the Third Street School.
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Woman on Porch of House

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Description: View from road of woman standing next to a chair on the porch of a wooden frame house behind a fence and a sidewalk.
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Jones House

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Description: Exterior view of frame house with two floors, probably the residence of L.C. Jones. Torn down in 1994.
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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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Women in Front of a Frame House

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Description: View across yard towards three women posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house near a wooden walkway. On the right a young girl is sitting near...
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Black River Falls

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Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of Black River Falls. There is a large building in the center with a large lawn. On the right is a church. Caption read...
Postcard

Black River Flood

Date: 10 05 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a flood in a residential neighborhood. A man is picking up pieces of wood in the road. Large piles of debris...
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Exterior View of Home of Henry Ormsby

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Description: View from street, in a stereograph form, of a two-story wooden house, identified as the northwest corner of 6th and Taylor, Black River Falls. This home wa...
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Exterior View of Home of Johnson

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Description: View across yard towards the southwest corner of South 2nd and Johnson (Grove). Owned by Johnson. There is a man standing inside the fence, and a girl stan...
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Copy Photograph of Exterior View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of a wooden house. The yard is covered in snow.
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Exterior View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: Exterior view across yard, in a stereograph form, of a two-story wooden dwelling. A man and a woman are standing on the porch.
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Exterior View; Unidentified Residence

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Description: Stereograph of an exterior view of a wooden dwelling. A couple is sitting on the porch, and a man is standing just inside the fence. A dog is lying next to...
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Exterior View of Unidentified Residence

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Description: Exterior view from street of a two-story wooden house with a surrounding picket fence. There are farm buildings in the background.
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Ella Holbrook, Mrs. Hull, L.D. Matchette, Lois Hull and Unidentified Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two European American women, a European American man, and two European American children in a grassy yard with a fence. Identified from...
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Group of Children Wearing Ice Skates in front of Price House

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of five children posing standing on ice, with a large house in the background. The house is identified as the Price house. Three of ...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified girl posing standing in a yard holding a doll. She is wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair. In the backg...
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Outdoor Portrait of Two European American Girls

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two unidentified girls posing standing on a wooden walk way in a yard. They are wearing light-colored short dresses, dark stockings and...
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Outdoor Portrait of Two European American Children

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Description: Exterior portrait of an unidentified boy and girl posing standing in a field in front of a wooden house. They are both wearing light-colored clothing.

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