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Lumber Camp

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Description: Elevated view of lumber camp with loggers posing in front of a train loaded with logs.
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Alexander Lake's Nursery

Date: 1896
Description: A boy and a man are holding up small white pine trees, while workers are planting them at Alexander Lake's nursery. In the background are horses and wagons...
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Butcher with Tools of His Trade

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a butcher wearing an apron, and holding a cleaver and saw.
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Railroad Crew with Handcar

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Description: Railroad workers posing with a handcar on railroad tracks.
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Men at Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
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Men Using Tractor and Threshing Machine

Date: 1897
Description: Large group portrait of men and young boys operating a steam tractor that is being used for belt-driven threshing machinery in a field. In the foreground a...
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Black River Falls Barbershop

Date: 1895
Description: The interior of a barbershop with customers in chairs and barbers at work. Numerous mirrors, pictures, and lamps are hanging from the walls and ceiling.
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Two Linemen for Telephone Exchange

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Description: Studio portrait of two telephone linemen with some of their equipment in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing work clothes and hats, and hold ciga...
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Silo Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Three men pose next to a silo that is under construction, with wood scaffolding around it.
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

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Description: Man on a ladder painting around a window of the Jackson County Bank. Arch over the intersection partially visible on the right side, as are several people ...
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Rozmenoski Brothers Meat Market

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Description: View from street of the Rozmenoski Brothers Meat Market, on a side street of town, in the Adam Best Building, built in 1914. A man stands inside behind the...
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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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Black River Falls Powerhouse

Date: 1910
Description: Man in the interior of the Black River Falls powerhouse.
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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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Man Holding Two Horses

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing with two horses with white-blazed foreheads. Taken in town, with buildings in the background and snow on the ground.
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Woman with Four Children

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Description: Woman sitting with three girls and one boy in a room, probably a farm family.
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Three Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified white men dressed in bib overalls. One man is sitting in the center betwee...
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Family Scything in a Field

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Description: Three men scythe a field, possibly of wheat. Behind the men there are three children and a woman standing in a row.

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