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Group of People on a Stagecoach

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of people posing sitting on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses wearing flynets. The stagecoach is in f...
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Sheppard's Cut-Off Signal Tower

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards a railroad signal tower. Location identified as the signal tower for the Sheppard's cut-off south of Black River Falls.
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Locomotives in a Train Yard

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Description: View down center of railroad tracks towards a train yard, showing several trains with locomotives. A man is standing near a building on the right has a sig...
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Aftermath of a Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of the aftermath of a fire, with several buildings surrounding the cleared area. Identified as Fairchild in Eau Claire County and the remains...
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Horses on Main Street

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Description: View towards two horses hitched to a wagon on a city street near a sidewalk. A woman is sitting in the wagon. The location is identified as looking east at...
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Man Displaying a Running Horse

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Description: View across yard towards a man standing and exercising a horse at the end of a long length of rope. There is a wagon near two wooden buildings in the backg...
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Wagons Crossing the Bridge over the Black River

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Description: View from hill looking down towards individuals and wagons on a bridge over a river. The bridge is identified as the wagon bridge, which was reportedly bui...
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Publicity Day Parade; Porter Drug Store Float

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a man standing in a parade float marked for "The Porter Drug Store" pulled by a team of two horses. Identified as a floa...
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A.P. Johnson Tavern on Independence Day

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Description: View from street towards a man and two women sitting in front of a storefront decorated with patriotic streamers. The woman on the left is holding a hand f...
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Decorated Wagon in Parade

Date: 1905
Description: View towards a man posing sitting in a decorated wagon pulled by a team of two decorated horses on a town street. Banners on the wagon read: "The Old Stand...
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Chariots in a Parade

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Description: View down street towards of women posing standing in chariots pulled by teams of two horses. They are moving down the street in front of wooden sidewalks l...
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The Coon King

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Description: Portrait of a man sitting indoors in a chair with his eyes closed. A bottle is resting on his shoulder, and a sign has been placed on his lap that reads: "...
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Downtown Tent Shows

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Description: Elevated view of tents and a large group of a people at the intersection of two town streets. Identified as tent shows at the intersection of Main and Firs...
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Sign in a Field

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Description: Exterior portrait of a sign in a field that reads: "Visitors Are Requested to Bring Refreshments, By Order of Committee."
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Prairie Chicken Hunters ??Sign on tent reads

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of five men and a boy are posing standing and holding rifles in front of two tents. Dogs are sitting at their feet, and a stringer o...
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Solid Black River Falls Yard Men

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Description: Outdoor portrait of three young men posing standing and sitting. One of the men is holding a sign that reads: "Solid B. R. Falls Yard Men. "
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Scene on South First Street

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse on a town street. Location identified as South First Street.
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Man and Horse on South First Street

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing sitting on a horse on a town street. Location identified as South First Street in Black River Falls.
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Group Posing in front of the Post Office

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men displaying two teams of two horses which are hitched to buggies in front of a post office building. A group of people are...
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Foggy Street Scene

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Description: Outdoor view of women standing on a wooden walkway on a foggy town street. Location identified as the walkway in front of the City Bakery.

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