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Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

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Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
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Filming a Family Eating Lunch

Date: 08 1948
Description: A man films a family as they sit at a picnic table and eat lunch at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Field of Potatoes on the Farm of Oswald Scheller

Date: 09 04 1895
Description: A promotional card depicting Oswald Scheller and his family on their farm in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "Field of potatoes on...

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Wood Pile

Date: 1932
Description: A conical stack of stovewood owned by Delbert Karns of 9th Street, Menomonie stands beside a house. It contained 55 cords of wood.
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Five Men at a Camp Site

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Description: Outdoor view towards five men posing kneeling in front of two tents.
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Chopping Wood

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Description: View across lawn towards a man swinging an ax to split a piece of wood.
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Farm Buildings and Frame House

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Description: View across grass towards a board frame house, farm buildings, hanging laundry, and a large wood pile.
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Flood Damage

Date: 1911
Description: View across river of buildings along the river's edge. Identified as probably Melrose or Northbend, not Black River Falls. Probably from the flood of 1911.
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Unidentified House with Wood Pile

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Description: Outdoor view across lawn of a two-story wood and brick house. There is a large woodpile stacked on the left.
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Union High School

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as Union High School
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Rustic Dwelling

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Description: View across empty yard towards a small wooden building with a windmill and outbuildings in a dirt yard.
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Farm

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Description: A view of a farm with a house on the left, a windmill in the center, and a dilapidated building on the right.
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Study, Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The study at Walmar Lodge. There is a piano against the far wall, chairs by the windows, and a fireplace on the opposite wall.
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Mill and Windmill

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of a non-specified mill.
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House with a Man and Boy on the Porch

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Description: View across lawn of a man and boy posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. There are outbuildings in the background on the left.
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Black River Falls High School

Date: 1897
Description: View across street towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as the high school built in 1897 in Black River Falls.
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Canoe on Sawhorses in a Yard

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Description: A canoe on wooden sawhorses is near a stack of firewood near a fence. In the background is a house and outbuildings in a yard.
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Canoe in a Yard

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Description: View from above, from a roof or balcony, of a canoe on sawhorses near firewood stacked in a yard near a fence. Two buildings are in the yard.
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Man and Child with a Canoe

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Description: Portrait of a man standing behind a canoe next to a small child sitting on top of it. Behind the canoe is stacked fuelwood and a building.
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Children Sitting by a Wood Pile

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two boys and a girl sitting on the ground next to a pile of wood, with a brick building in the background.

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