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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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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Men laying the foundation for the post-flood business district dam. |
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| Description: | Men constructing the post-flood business district dam using steam-powered machinery. |
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| Description: | Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu... |
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| Description: | Parade of women and children on sidewalk through town. They are going past Peter Olson's blacksmith shop (foreground), fire-bell tower, and the City Hall w... |
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| Description: | Residential street, with a blacksmith's shop on the left hand side of the street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a lumberjack wearing a hat, fringed shirt, trousers, suspenders, and what appear to be spiked boots. He is holding a peavey and is posin... |
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| Description: | A farmer is carrying buckets, presumably to feed his hogs that are following him in the pen. |
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| Description: | Probably a first plowing of land after the trees and stumps have been removed by grubbing. Many roots still remain, and the "breaking plow" turns a wide fu... |
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| Description: | A man stands with a team of horses ready to plow a field. |
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| Description: | Two men stand atop a hay wagon, one holding the reins of a two-horse team wearing fly-nets and one presumably holding a pitchfork. Another man stands on th... |
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| Description: | A man stands on top of a hay wagon holding the reins of a two-horse team with a child sitting at his feet. Another man and a boy also pose on the wagon pre... |
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| Description: | Four men stand in front of a hay wagon that is pulled by a two-horse team. One of these men could be H. John Dietrich. |
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| Description: | A man uses a hand cultivator in a field of what could possibly be onions. |
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| Description: | Numerous farmers participate in the threshing of grain. Left is the straw stack, center is the threshing machine and wagon to haul it to the granary, and r... |
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| Description: | A group of eight farmers resting on or near a wooden threshing machine. |
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