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Log Jam

Date: 1895
Description: Logs move down the river, swirling with cross currents, resulting in a huge log jam.
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Bridge with Metal Framework

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Description: Bridge with metal framework and sidewalks on each side. Man walking away from the camera on the left sidewalk. Sign across the bridge, "$10. FINE FOR DRIVI...
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Horse and Wagon on Plank Bridge

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Description: Horses and wagons passing over a plank bridge. Woman driving the lead wagon pulled by a single horse, and a man and another obscured person in the second w...
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Four Ho-Chunk People on Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Four Ho-Chunk people crossing a bridge spanning the Black River. This photograph was taken before the flood of October 1911, when the bridge was completely...
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Crowd of People with Flag near Bridge

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Description: Crowd of people carrying a flag leaving town over the bridge, possibly heading toward the railroad depot.
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Boardwalk Bridge and House

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Description: A boardwalk bridge encloses a large house in the background surrounded by trees.
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Carriage on Bridge

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Description: A woman driving a carriage pulled by a horse crosses a bridge.
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Horse-Drawn Vehicle on Bridge

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Description: A woman poses in a carriage that is pulled by a one horse team while crossing a bridge.
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Buggy Crossing Bridge

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Description: A woman poses sitting in a buggy pulled by a team of two horses on a bridge, possibly the old Irving Bridge.
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Carriages Crossing Bridge

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Description: Several families in carriages cross a bridge with a high railing, possibly the Levi Creek Bridge.
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Women and Child at Spring

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Description: Five women and a child walk across a plank bridge to the spring at Rock Spring Park. The woman third from the left is Laura Jones.
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Woman on Log

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Description: A woman sits among a group of logs on the shoreline of a river. In the background, a railroad bridge is visible.
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Three Women Among Logs

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Description: Three women playfully pose among logs near a railroad bridge that passes over a dam. On the bridge, a standing man is visible.
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People Watching Rapids

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Description: Elevated view of groups of people standing on a bridge and watching the rapids below.
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Woman and Girl on Shoreline

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Description: A woman and a girl, who sits on a large rock, pose underneath a bridge.
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Man, Women and Child Among Logs

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Description: A man, two women, and a young child sit or stand among a large number of logs.
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Women Near Dam

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Description: Two women walk the shoreline of a river. In the background, a dam and railroad bridge are visible.
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Girl Standing on Rocks along River

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Description: A young girl stands on rocks along a river and looks into a small bag she is carrying. In the background, a railroad bridge is visible.

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