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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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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
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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.
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Bridge over the Black River

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Black River during construction. It was built during 1923 and 1924 by the Wausau Iron Works. Tom Cleary was the Resident...
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Main and Water Streets

Date: 1911
Description: View of Main and Water Streets while experiencing severe flooding.
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Log Jam

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

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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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.
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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.
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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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Woman Standing Near River

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Description: Woman posed standing on a small island or peninsula in the river.
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Woman Sitting Near Stream

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Description: Woman posed sitting on a log above a stream holding an umbrella.
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Man Holding Gun

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Description: Man posed standing with a gun under an overhanging tree near a small wooden dam on a stream.
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Man on Sunken Boat

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Description: Man posed standing on the stern of a boat which is partially sunk in the river.
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Group by River

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Description: A group of men, women and children gather on the bank of 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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Group and Dog by Riverbank

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Description: Three women, two men and a dog sit near a river. The men are smoking pipes and the woman second from the right may possibly be Edna Bright.
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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 in Rowboat

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Description: A woman sits and leans over the side of a wooden rowboat on a river. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.

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