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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Coins on Desk

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Description: Pile of dimes spread on a table with chair to right and behind, near radiator.
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Large Memorial Wreaths

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of various bouquet wreaths in several shapes, including a cross and anchor, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Double Image of Family and Two Boys

Date: 1898
Description: Two exposures of interior portraits. Left is a seated woman holding on to smaller boy both looking left, with seated man and standing older boy facing forw...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Portrait of the Petersons

Date: 1899
Description: Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family.
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HochunKra School

Date: 1948
Description: HochunKra School, a Winnebago school.
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Interior of a Masonic Lodge

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Description: Interior of a Masonic Lodge, Black River Falls, No. 74, A.R.&M., decorated by C.W. Reiels. The lodge occupied the third floor of the center Main Street blo...
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Black River Falls Library

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Description: Interior of a library with tables and shelves full of books, probably the Black River Falls Library located in a building next door to the house of Frances...
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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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Woman Posed Standing by Window

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Description: Woman posed standing by a window and table in a home. She is holding an object in her right hand, possibly a frame for photographs. On the far right is a p...
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Over $1000.00

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Description: Pile of dimes on a desk with a sign that reads: "Over $1000.00."
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Men with Table Set for Large Meal

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Description: Man posed seated and another man standing in a large room, perhaps a shop of some kind, at a table set for a large meal. Both men are wearing aprons. On th...
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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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Interior of a Bedroom

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Description: Interior of a corner bedroom with numerous keepsakes and photographs, and a dresser, rocking chair, and desk, and a dressing table with mirror. There is a ...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: Three people posed in a room with a large mirror between two windows. On the left a man is standing and leaning against the back of an upholstered chair in...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: One man and two women are posed standing around a table in a parlor. One of the woman is holding open an album of photographs. Behind them another woman si...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: Five women posed sitting on the floor of a parlor in front of an organ holding photograph albums, a man's chest is visible in the organ's mirror, probably ...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: Man and woman pose on left, a girl sitting in a chair is posed holding a doll, with a dog posed sitting in a chair next to her. On the right, a boy is pose...

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