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Man Riding Bareback in Marsh

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Description: A man wearing a hat, possibly Ho-Chunk, is mounted bareback on a horse knee-deep in water in a marsh.
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Ho-Chunk Man Paddling Canoe

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Description: Ho-Chunk man in a canoe on a river holding up an oar. Just out of frame on the left is a woman, who is perhaps holding a child.
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Black River Falls Flooding

Date: 1911
Description: A panoramic view of Black River Falls flooded streets, possibly taken during the flood of 1911. Three men are standing on the sidewalk next to the "Tollack...
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: Men posed standing on the rocky river bank and bridge, probably the Harrison Street Bridge. A sign on the bridge says: "? Fine for driving or riding on thi...
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Mill on Robinson Creek

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Description: Woman and girl posed sitting under a fur in a carriage pulled by a single horse by a wooden bridge. Behind them is a large wooden building, possibly a mill...
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Group of People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Three people are standing in front of a frame house which is at the foot of a small tree-covered hill. On the left a man is standing with a team of two hor...
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Picnic by a River

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Description: Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir...
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Dam Construction

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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View of Town

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Description: Landscape view of town taken from across the river.
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Skinny Dipping in the River

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Description: Slightly elevated view looking down at two men undressing to go skinny dipping in the river. A man wearing a suit is standing smiling between them, and two...
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Group of People on Footbridge

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Description: View from shoreline towards a man and woman posed standing on a footbridge over a small waterfall. On the right a woman sits with a child in her lap on the...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Man and Dog

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Description: Unidentified man with a moustache wearing a hat and smoking a cigar while sitting and holding a dog near a river.
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Quarry Laborers by the River

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of men standing near and on a rock face an a cliff above a river. Identified as probably the quarry connected t...
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Second Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor view looking down a hill towards a powerhouse on the river, with town buildings on a hill in the background. Identified as the second powerhouse th...
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Log Jam and Wagon Bridge

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Description: View of a river with a log jam, and a bridge in the distance. Identified as the Hatfield wagon bridge over the Black River, reportedly built in 1899, destr...
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Levi's Bridge

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Description: View along riverbank towards a railroad bridge. Location identified as Levi's Bridge.
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Railroad Bridge and Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View towards a girl standing on a bridge on the right in the foreground. In the background a train is passing over a railroad bridge over a river. The brid...
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Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View from rocky shoreline towards a dam and a railroad bridge across a river.
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Black River

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Description: View across water towards the shoreline of a river. There are rocky outcroppings extending into the river, and the hill behind has exposed rock, with some ...
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Bluff along the Black River

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Description: View across calm water towards an exposed rock bluff along the shoreline of a river. Trees and plants are growing on the top of the bluff.

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