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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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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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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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Three Girls Sitting in a Stream

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Description: Three small girls wearing dresses sit in a stream near a shoreline.
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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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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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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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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child on Rocks

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Description: View across rocks along a river towards a Ho-Chunk woman, child, and dog posing on the large, steep rocks on the shoreline.
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Child with Dog on River Shore

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman with a child in her lap, and a dog sitting nearby, are posing on large rocks by the river shoreline. The woman is wearing a shawl around h...
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Hixton Mill and Starch Factory

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Description: View across wooden bridge to building identified as the Hixton Mill and Starch Factory on the edge of a body of water, probably a river. In the background ...
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Flood of 1911

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of several collapsing buildings on the edge of flooded river banks, during the flood.
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Women Posing on River Rocks

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Description: A group of four women posing on river rocks. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, blouse, and hat. The first woman on the left is identified as being Tillie...
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Two Women on Bridge

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Description: View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.

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