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Central Wisconsin Telephone Company Exchange Building

Date: 1890
Description: View of the Central Wisconsin Telephone Company exchange building from the street.
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Elevated View of State Street

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Description: Elevated view, probably from the old Wisconsin State Capitol building, looking west down State Street.
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Building Site in Vandrieul

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Description: Exterior view of several wooden buildings under construction in a field. Identified as Vandrieul, Wisconsin.
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Open Farmland

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Description: Fields, cattle in a pasture, and farm buildings in the countryside, possibly near Avon, Wisconsin.
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Man on Railroad Switch Control Tower

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Description: Man standing on the top of the stairway of the railroad switch control tower, probably just outside Sheppard, Wisconsin.
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Elevated View of Water Tower

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Description: Elevated view, probably taken from the old Wisconsin State Capitol building, looking down East Washington Avenue toward the water tower.
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Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
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Woman at Traveling Photographer's Wagon

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Description: See Image ID: 6394
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C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store

Date: 1906
Description: C.N. Oulie Jewelry Store located at 9 Main Street. Sign reflected in the window advertises the Wisconsin State Fair, September 10-14, 1906.
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First and Main, Black River Falls

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of First and Main Streets. A banner promoting the 1891 Wisconsin State Fair is posted on the side of a building.
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Apple Trees

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Description: Apple trees in a field.
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Miller's Patent Cabinet

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Description: Studio still-life of Miller's Patent Cabinet by Roy Miller of Alma Center, Wisconsin, set on a table.
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Schoolhouse

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Description: Schoolhouse, probably the Waldrich/Waldrick School.
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Julia Ormsby Bathing Baby

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Description: A woman bathing an infant on her lap, probably Julia (Murray) Ormsby.
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Cattle in Snow on Main Street

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Description: Winter scene with short-horned cattle on snow-covered Main Street, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Storefront with Woman and Children

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Description: Woman and children on a raised storefront.
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Parade in Black River Falls

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a parade on a town street. Identified as a parade in Black River Falls, taking place for the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Pleasant View School, Brockway, Wisconsin

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Description: View across snow-covered ground towards a fence in front of a wooden school house building. Identified as the Pleasant View school in Brockway.
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Powerhouse

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Description: Indoor view of machinery inside a powerhouse.
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Trees and Water

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Description: View across water towards trees along a shoreline.

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