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Businesses Along Main St.

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Description: Men and children pose in front of retail businesses and from a second story window, and look out into the street.
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High Water on River

Date: 1905
Description: View of the river and town. High water looking west. Site of the present dam, but this was the old roller dam. Building with an advertisement for Veterinar...
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Studio Portrait of a Dog

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Description: Studio portrait of an American Water Spaniel posing on a stump in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C...
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Portrait of a Dog

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Description: An American Water Spaniel, poses in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C.J. Van Schaick Photographer."...
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Sign Advertising "All Kinds of Bargains at the Fair"

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Description: A studio portrait of a sign which is advertising "All Kinds of Bargains at the Fair" and is surrounded by drawings of men and women. A painted backdrop can...
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Two Women on Bridge

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Description: View from road of two women posing standing on a bridge. Both women are wearing black skirts/dresses and capes along with elaborate hats. Behind them is th...
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A.F. Werner Store Advertisement

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Description: Woman posing outdoors standing next to an advertisement for the A.F. Werner Store, which is attached to a sleigh on a snow-covered street. The large poster...
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Werner Opera House

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Description: Two men on a scaffold inside the Werner Opera House. Advertisements for local merchants are on the stage curtain, and there is an upright piano in the fore...
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Group Posing Behind Logs Along Riverbank

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Description: Group portrait of men and women, all wearing hats, peeking over the top of a large log along the riverbank. Other large logs are piled behind them. A railr...
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Studio Work, Advertisement: Cole's Carbolisalve

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Description: Copy photograph of advertisement for "Cole's Veterinary Carbolisalve".
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Power House

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Description: Outdoor view looking across the Black River just north of the town, showing several wooden structures along the far shoreline, including the first power ho...
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Woman Walking on Main Street

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Description: View down board sidewalk towards a woman wearing a light-colored blouse and dark-colored skirt walking on the left along an unpaved city street. Location i...
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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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Sponsored Float

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a wagon pulled by a team of six horses advertising "The People's Drugstore" under a banner that reads "Wall Paper and Pa...

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