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Werner Clothing Store

Date: 1900
Description: Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syll...
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Intersection of Main and First Streets

Date: 1890
Description: Corner of Main and First Street. The first two buildings on the southwest corner are Abraham Meinhold's dry goods and LeClair's hardware store. Next is A.F...
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Main Street Piled with Snow

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Description: Winter scene with Main Street, north side, between First and Water Streets, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, piled high with snow. Mortar and pestle sign is i...
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Snowbank on Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of a snowbank in the middle of the north side of Main Street between Water and First Streets, Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Storefronts identi...
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Man Driving Advertising Cart on First Street

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Description: A "cart before the horse" rig advertising the "A.F. Werner, Bargains in Everything, Black River Falls, Wis.", with a man wearing a fake bushy beard and hol...
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Main Street, between Water and First Streets

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Description: Wagon piled high with chairs, with a man standing and driving a team of two horses. A man on the sidewalk is looking back at camera. There are other wagons...
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Hogs on Main Street

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Description: Boy and man herd hogs through town on Main Street, probably on the way to the stockyards near the railroad station on the east side of the Black River. Sto...
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Steam Tractor on Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of a steam tractor on Main Street with a crowd of men. A.F. Werner is located on the northeast corner of the intersection.
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Circus Performance on Main Street

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Description: Crowd watching a circus performance in the street, possibly centered on a gorilla named Johanna according to the banner in the background. There is an arch...
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Ho-Chunk Man near Werner Drugstore

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man wearing a cap and wrapped in a shawl is walking near the front of the Werner Drugstore on Main Street between Water and First Streets. There...
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Ho-Chunk Group in front of Werner Drugstore

Date: 1915
Description: A group of Ho-Chunk gathering in front of Werner Drugstore on Main Street. The signpost on the right side indicates that English was not the first language...
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J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore

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Description: View from street of men standing inside and outside of the J.W. Cole & Company Drugstore on the northeastern corner of Water and Main Streets.
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Werner Drugstore

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Description: Window of the Werner Drugstore with a display for Dr. Pierce's Medicines and a sign that says, "Deutsche Apotheke."

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