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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men working on telephone lines from scaffolding attached to the pole in front of the telephone exchange building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sidney Catle, on bike, stands with his sister Sarah to his right, Harvey Richards, and twin sisters. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | South side of Main Street from the intersection with Merrill Street. Various storefronts are on the left, including J.M. McCormick Dry Goods and Groceries;... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of old bridge, river and buildings in downtown Black Falls River in the winter. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of bridge over Black River Falls, looking at downtown buildings. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | View of Main Street, lined with the fire department, city clerk's office, and Pugh's Battery - Electric Shop. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Main Street, Black River Falls, Wis." View up Main Street, with people walking along the sidewalks, and automobiles parked along the curb. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated panoramic view. Business district has a cluster of larger brick buildings at left and center, behind a sprinkling of houses. Very large building i... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of downtown, with a bridge and buildings in the background and storefronts in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down driveway towards a farm family posing in front of their farmhouse and farm buildings. An older man and woman are sitting. Three women are standin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Horse and carriages passing in front of the Baptist Church, the Jackson County Courthouse, and the dentist office of R.C. Gebhardt. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Winter scene looking toward Main Street from South First Street, with an arch over the intersection. A man is operating a road grader pulled by four horses... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two men in a repair shop, probably the repair shop of Leslie Werner. Leslie Werner is identified as the man wearing the hat on the left. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Two girls posed inside an automobile, probably a Model-T Ford. |
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