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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.
Postcard

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; 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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Outdoor Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two unidentified women posing standing in a yard behind a plant. Behind them is a wooden walkway and a road. Across the road is a house...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Women and Child

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a child posing standing between two women posing standing on a wooden walkway. Across the street are trees and wooden buildings. ...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman; Marsh and Lochen Residences

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing with a bicycle in front of several wooden buildings. The street is identified as Marsh Street, an...
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J. Chandler Residence During a Flood

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Description: View along fence line towards a wooden house and wooden walkway. Identified as 227 South Street, built in 1868 by J. Chandler, and later owned by W. Taylor...
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Horse at Fillmore and Second Streets

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Description: Outdoor profile view of a horse standing on an unpaved street. In the background is a wooden building, which is identified as being built by J.D. Hall in t...
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Residence on the Corner of Main and Fourth Streets

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a European American family posing standing and sitting on the porch of a small wooden house. The house is identified as the resid...
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Scene on Pierce Street

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Description: View down wooden walkway towards a group of people walking. The houses on the opposite side of the street are identified, from right to left, as the reside...
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Hull Residence; Tyler and Ninth Streets

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Description: View down sidewalk towards two children posing standing in the snow with a sled near a two-story house. The house is identified as the Hull residence on th...
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Snowy Scene on Fifth and Main Streets

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Description: Outdoor view of a snow-covered street and houses behind a long wooden fence. Location identified as the intersection of Fifth and Main Streets looking west...
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Calvin Johnson Residence; Eighth and Taylor Streets

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Description: Exterior portrait of an individual in a wheel chair on a wooden walkway in front of a two-story house. House identified as the residence of Calvin Johnson ...
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Two Children in Front of Unidentified House

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Description: View across road towards two children posing standing on a sidewalk near a telephone pole in front of a wooden two-story house and other buildings. The gir...

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