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River View
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Elevated view looking down towards a river. The shoreline on the left is steep, and there are buildings on the shoreline on the right. Logs, other debris, and what may be broken pieces of ice are floating in the river.
Van Schaick, Charles
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Building and Shoreline
View across water towards a brick building behind trees on the far shoreline. The reflection of the building is in the water near a boat floating at the shoreline.
Winter View of Black River Falls
View over Back River towards the shoreline covered with ice and snow towards the town of Black River Falls on a winter's day.
Black River Shoreline
View from muddy shoreline towards a river. On the far shoreline is a building on a hill above a wooden stairway on a steep hill leading down to a pier.
Flood Damage
1911
Elevated view of damage to buildings after the 1911 flood of the Black River. Wooden debris is floating in the flood water and encroaching the shoreline.
Aftermath of the 1911 Flood
1911
Elevated view across the high water on the Black River towards the town of Black River Falls. There is a large amount of wooden debris floating in the river.
Flood Damage on Black River
1911
View along shoreline of damage from the 1911 flood of the Black River. An entire wall of a building is gone, and debris is along the river banks.
