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Blacksmith Shop

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Description: Man wearing a derby, a boy, and a blacksmith wearing an apron, standing just outside the doorway of a blacksmith shop. Blacksmith identified as probably Fr...
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Bicycle Repair Shop

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Description: Man repairing a bicycle in a shop, probably the Repair Shop of Leslie Werner. Man identified as probably Leslie Werner.
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Interior of Repair Shop

Date: 1900
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.
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: A man sleeping in a chair, possibly Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah). On the back wall of Van Schaick’s studio are photographs he made available for purchase.
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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Three Workmen

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a telephone pole with climbing equipment, with two men standing below.
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Lineman Suspended above Street

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Description: Elevated view towards a lineman sitting in a suspended seat, possibly stringing telephone line. There is an automobile parked near a brick building across ...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank. Men are probably preparing the lot for the hous...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Team of horses powering a winch for moving a house. The winch was anchored to a post in the ground, logs were then placed under the house foundation and re...
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Men near Black River

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Description: Men working at a rock crushing works on the east side of the Black River across from Spaulding's Rocks.
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Men Repairing Street

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Description: Men filling in Main Street after the 1911 flood. Forms are probably for the basement of the Cozy Corner Tavern.
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Men Working on First Street

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Description: Men working on the passage of Town Creek under First Street, one-half block north of Main Street.
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Men Working on First Street

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Description: Men working on the passage of Town Creek under First Street, one-half block north of Main Street.
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Men Working on Powerhouse

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Description: Men working on the bulkhead above the powerhouse and the powerhouse flume.
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Men Working on Building

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Men Working on Building

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Men Working on Building

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Description: Men constructing a building, or laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam, using steam-powered machinery in front of the Merchants Hotel...
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Men Building Dam

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Description: Men building the post-flood business district dam. The flood of 1911 went around the Black River Falls Dam and washed out most of the business section of t...

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