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Telephone Switchboard

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Description: Mrs. Thompto and employee Ethel Clemens working at the telephone switchboard.
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Clearing Snow

Date: 1916
Description: Winter scene with men clearing a pathway through mounds of snow, New Richmond, Wisconsin.
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Man Near Large Snow Mounds

Date: 1916
Description: Winter scene with man walking down cleared train tracks, probably the Soo Line, next to man-sized drifts of snow, with a dog on the top of a drift. Between...
Print

St. Croix County Insane Asylum

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Description: Front of St. Croix County Insane Asylum. Clipping caption reads: "St. Croix Co. Insane Asylum, New Richmond, Wis., Pub. for C.C. Casey."
Postcard

High School

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Description: Front of High School. Caption reads: "High School, New Richmond, Wis."
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: View looking southwest. Labeled on photograph: Post Office, Beebes Drugs, Opera House, Fair Store, Bank. Caption reads: "New Richmond, Wis. Looking S.W."
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Fourth of July

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of New Richmond(?) during a fourth of July celebration. Identification has not been fully verified, but there was a Coombs Hotel in this town a...
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Commerical Buildings in Town

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of street, including horse-drawn carts and unidentified commercial buildings.
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Bird's-Eye View of New Richmond

Date: 1912
Description: Bird's-eye view of New Richmond, including a water tower, and commercial and residential buildings.
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Panoramic Bird's-Eye View of New Richmond

Date: 1912
Description: Panoramic bird's-eye view. Identifiable businesses include: T.J. McNally Clothing & Shoes, M.J. Casey, The Winter Drug Store, Bank of New Richmond.
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Portrait of Charles Donohue

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Description: Portrait of the Honorable Charles Donohue, Mayor of New Richmond, Wisconsin. Donohue was born December 5, 1843 in Goosebury Hill, Co. Cork in Ireland and d...
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Portrait of Charles Donohue and his Grandson

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Description: Portrait of the Honorable Charles Donohue, Mayor of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and his grandson, Charles III. The elder Donohue was born December 5, 1843 in ...
Drawing

The New Richmond Cyclone

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of Mrs. A.G. Boehm's History of the New Richmond Cyclone of June 12th, 1899 featuring an engaving of a large cyclone and the wreckage it has left beh...
Photograph

Parade on Main Street

Date: 1899
Description: View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ...
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Extricating the Dead and Wounded

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac...
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Bird's Eye View of Cyclone Wreckage

Date: 06 1899
Description: Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among t...
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Ward S. Williams Co. after Tornado

Date: 07 1899
Description: People stand among the rubble of Ward S. Williams Co.'s stone block building after a tornado.
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River and Bridge

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Elevated view of a town with a railroad bridge crossing over a river. Several individuals are visible crossing the bridge. Sign near bridge says: "Willow R...
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Damage to the Business District

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: View of debris, perhaps from tornado damage in the business district of New Richmond. A group of onlookers investigate the damage. Caption on stereograph r...
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Harvey Law

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Description: Photographic calling card with portrait of Harvey Law, Company A, 12th Wisconsin Infantry. Law was the president of the St. Croix Valley Veterans Associati...

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