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Spectators at Grand Regatta

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake.
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Three Dogs on a Bench

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Description: The photographer's poodles pose on a bench.
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Woman Wearing Hat

Date: 1891
Description: Woman in a tilted hat posing in the foreground. Across the street are stores: J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company and Squire's Oyster House. Probably on...
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Men Outside of American Express Company Office

Date: 09 1896
Description: Four unidentified men posing standing in front of office buildings. Sign in the window of the American Express Company Office shows a horse and advertises ...
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Black River Falls from County Court House

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Description: Elevated view from top of County Court House. Front center is the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Left middle is the first Roman Catholic Church with the whit...
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Charles Van Schaick Home

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Description: Elevated view of the street and board sidewalk. Robie house located lower left; Charles Van Schaick residence with porch located in the center; Roman Catho...
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Elevated View of Town and River

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Description: Elevated view of buildings in town with river in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of town with houses along Main Street.
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Woman Walking on Board Sidewalk

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Description: Woman wearing a large flower hat and holding an umbrella is walking on a board sidewalk of Main Street, passing the City Library. The brick office building...
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Jen Parsons Kelly on Sidewalk

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Description: A woman posing standing on a board sidewalk in front of a wooden building, possibly on the east side of South First Street.
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Five String Musicians

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Description: Five men playing string instruments while standing on a town sidewalk. They are identified from left to right as: unidentified man, Anton Hagen, Ole Strand...
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Mose Bone Sample Room

Date: 1900
Description: Men at the Mose Bone Sample Room. Two men are sitting on chairs on the porch in front. A male dwarf is walking on the board sidewalk in front of the saloon...
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Grocery Store on Main Street

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Description: O.C. O'Hearn Grocery Store, Main Street, with the front window filled with apples, and a man standing in the doorway. Another man is standing on the sidewa...
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Two Men in front of Fair Store

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Description: Two men posing standing in front of the Fair Store on Main Street. The man on the right is a dwarf and he is holding a cigar. Posters in the windows advert...
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Black Breeding Stallion

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Description: Horse with a long neck and short back in front of a barn. Probably a breeding stallion of a carriage horse breed.
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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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Woman and Baby

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Description: A woman in a light top and dark skirt tending to a baby propped on a chair wearing a long white gown. A parlor stove is on the right, and tapestries are ha...
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Interior of Bedroom

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Description: View of a metal post double bedstead against a wall, and short dresser in the corner, and a chair on the far left beside a chamber pot. A water pitcher, la...
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Women and Children on Lawn

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Description: Women standing on porch and near a house among trees, with children in the foreground sitting on the lawn. One woman is pulling a wagon. R. Rainey home, S....
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Sarah Spaulding Castle and Maud Cooper in Garden

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Description: Two women posing standing in a garden, shading their eyes. On the left is probably Sarah Spaulding Castle. On the right is probably Maud Cooper, the sister...

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