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Girl By Stream

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Description: Girl wearing dress, with hat in hand, standing next to a stream. She is shown from the back, looking downstream and waving.
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Black River Falls

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of the river and town. Probably prior to 1885 because the Van Schaick building/photograph gallery is not constructed on Second Street.
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Elevated View of Town and River

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Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
Postcard

Bird's-eye View from the Court House

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view from the Court House. Hills are in the distance. Caption reads: "Bird's-eye View from Court House, showing Main Street and Black River, Black...
Photograph

Log Jam

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Description: Log jam, perhaps on the Black River or the Chippewa River in the Black River Falls area.
Photograph

Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a buggy driving a team of two horses in the country. There may be a river in the background on the left.
Photograph

Men with Dog on Ice Jam

Date: 1876
Description: Three men and a dog are standing on thick chunks of ice looking over logs on an icy river.
Photograph

Group of People near Waterfall

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Description: Group of four men and a girl standing on the opposite shoreline by the falls, with probably the Charter Oak Mill on the right on Squaw Creek.
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Two Women Near Fallen Tree

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Description: Two women stand on or near a fallen tree next to a river.
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Group Relaxing Around a Hammock

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Description: A group of men, women, and children relax in and around a hammock that is near a river.
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Couple Standing on a Shoreline

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Description: A man and a woman stand on a shoreline.
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Woman and Kitten near Dam

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Description: A woman sits with a kitten in her lap near a dam. This dam is probably the log dam on the Black River. In the background, the boarding house for Spaulding ...
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Girl Wading in River

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Description: A young girl wades through a river and lifts the bottom of her dress, preventing it from getting wet.
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Women at Narrow Neck of River

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Description: Taken from a distance, one woman stands on a sandbar while the other wades in the water at the narrow neck of a river.
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Man Sitting in Rowboat

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Description: A man sits in a rowboat. A shoreline with trees is visible behind the man.
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Four Men Boating

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Description: Four men sit in a boat near a rocky shore.
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Boys Diving off Bulkhead of Powerhouse

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Description: A large group of boys are standing and sitting on the bulkhead of a powerhouse before a flood. The boys could dive under one side of the structure and swim...
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Swimmers Posed on Riverbank

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Description: Ten young men in swimming suits pose in a line on a riverbank.
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Log Jam

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Description: A possible stereograph of a man standing on a log jam at a sorting pier in a river.
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Woman Looking Across River

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Description: A portrait of a woman holding an umbrella looking out from a low hill over a landscape towards a river. A settlement can be seen on the other side of the r...

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