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Black River Falls from County Court House

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Description: Elevated view of from the County Court House. Front center is the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Left middle ground is the first Roman Catholic Church with t...
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Black River Falls from County Court House

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Description: Elevated view from top of County Court House. Front center is the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Left middle is the first Roman Catholic Church with the whit...
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Large Memorial Wreaths

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of various bouquet wreaths in several shapes, including a cross and anchor, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Fortune Teller

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Description: A studio portrait of two women sitting at a table in front of a painted backdrop. One of the women is dressed as a fortune teller and holds round cards. Th...
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Classroom at Christmastime

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,...
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Studio Portrait of Julius Whitegull and Sam Lowe

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in chairs in front of a painted backdrop. Sam Thunderking Lowe (HoChumpHoNoNikKah), on the l...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children Posing near Building

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Description: A young Ho-Chunk boy and girl are posing standing in front of two Ho-Chunk women in front of a wooden building, possibly the Mission. The girl is wearing a...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Wagon

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Description: Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women in a wagon pulled by a two-horse team. They are probably about to cross the bridge toward the Mission at the intersecti...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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Interior of a Masonic Lodge

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Description: Interior of a Masonic Lodge, Black River Falls, No. 74, A.R.&M., decorated by C.W. Reiels. The lodge occupied the third floor of the center Main Street blo...
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Church

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Description: Church, probably the Second Methodist Church, built in 1858 on the northwest corner of Fourth and Harrison Streets.
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Women with Infant on Porch

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Description: Three women are posing sitting on a porch in rocking chairs in front of the door of a house. The woman on the left is holding an infant wearing a baptismal...
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Baptist Sunday School Class

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a large group of children posing outside a house, with two women in the background inside of the house looking out of a large window. I...
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Interior of Methodist Church

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Description: View in the Methodist Church located at Fourth and Harrison. The altar is decorated with flower arrangements. The building burned in 1946.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of a church, which has a bell tower, and a statue in a niche above the entrance. Caption on back reads: "St. Joseph's...

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