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Postcard

Collage Postcard

Date: 11 16 1908
Description: Photographic COLLAGE postcard of scenes of Colfax. In the center oval is the text, "Colfax, Wis. Looks Good To Me," however the "Looks Good To Me" is cross...
Photograph

The Model Roller Mills

Date: 1884
Description: View across river of the Model Roller Mills, with the date 1884, with a railroad trestle is on the left. The mill wheel is turning.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge over Black River

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Description: Elevated view of the third railroad bridge over the Black River. Logs are lodged in the river.
Photograph

Woman and Baby at a Dam

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Description: Outdoor view of a woman posing standing near a child posing sitting on large rocks. In the background is a railroad bridge over the Black River, and a rive...
Photograph

Dam on the Black River

Date: 1912
Description: View upriver towards the dam in front, with the town of Black River Falls in the background on a hilly shoreline. There is a railroad bridge over the river...
Photograph

Men at the Dam

Date: 1912
Description: Outdoor view of a group of people on the rock in front of the dam located in front of Black River Falls, with several structures in the background. The gat...
Photograph

Dam and Railroad Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the dam in front of Black River Falls on the west end, with the railroad bridge and several wooden structures in the background.
Photograph

Dam and Railroad Bridge with Passing Train

Date: 1908
Description: View of the dam in front of Black River Falls with several wooden structures in the background, and a train passing on the railroad bridge over the river.
Photograph

Train Passing by the Dam

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Description: Outdoor view of the dam in front of Black River Falls, showing the rushing water with a wooden railing in the foreground. There is a train on the railroad ...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
Photograph

Laying the Foundation of the Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view looking down at men working on a high brick foundation on the river, with a railroad bridge in the background. Identified as the laying of the...
Photograph

Second Powerhouse with High Water

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a powerhouse among very high water on the Black River. Identified as the second power house with high water in 1905.
Photograph

Ox Cart

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a man posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two oxen. There is a bridge behind them on the right. Identified as pr...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Near the Hatfield Dam

Date: 1912
Description: View across water looking up at a railroad bridge over a river. A man is walking across the bridge while carrying what may be lumber. Identified as the rai...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge and Hatfield Dam

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Description: View from steep shoreline looking towards a railroad bridge over a river. Identified as the railroad bridge over the Black River with the Hatfield dam behi...
Photograph

Levi's Bridge

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Description: View along riverbank towards a railroad bridge. Location identified as Levi's Bridge.
Photograph

Cut-Off Bridge from Below

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Description: View looking up at two individuals, perhaps children, sitting at the top of a brick foundation underneath a bridge. Location identified as the cut-off brid...
Photograph

Lone Figure on a Railroad Bridge

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Description: View looking upriver towards an individual in the distance crossing a bridge across a river. Location identified as the bridge across the Black River at Bl...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge across the Black River

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Description: View looking upriver towards a bridge across a river. There are buildings along the shoreline on the left. Location identified as a bridge across the Black...
Photograph

Train Crossing a Bridge

Date: 1903
Description: View towards a train coming over a bridge. Identified as a railroad bridge in Black River Falls after 1903.

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