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Site of Future Bridge

Date: 1922
Description: Construction site with construction crew working, people walking on the sidewalk, and a billboard advertising Oshkosh B'gosh.
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Road Grader Plowing Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene looking toward Main Street from South First Street, with an arch over the intersection. A man is operating a road grader pulled by four horses...
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Cattle in Snow on Main Street

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Description: Winter scene with short-horned cattle on snow-covered Main Street, Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Man Posing with Horse

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Description: Man posing with a draft horse, probably a Clydesdale, in front of the Merchants Inn. There were many draft stallions, English Shire, Clydesdale, Norman Per...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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Snow-Covered Street

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Description: Winter scene with panoramic view down sidewalk and snow-covered street. Trees, power lines and buildings are covered with a blanket of snow.
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Elevated View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of town. The tallest building is the Jackson County Court House, the church near it is the Baptist Church, and the church across the street i...
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, with storefronts on both sides. A wagon loaded with straw is coming down the snow-covered street pulled by two horses. People are ga...
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Main Street

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Description: View across street of four men posing in front of storefronts on Main Street, including M.A. Batcheller, a barber shop, and clothiers under the offices of ...
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S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store

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Description: Men posed standing in front of the S.H. Van Gorden & Son General Merchandise Store on a snow-covered street. S.H. Van Gorden is probably standing on porch ...
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Miller Store

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Description: Group of men and boys posed outside the Miller Store. There is snow on the ground. The photographer's wagon pulled by two horses is at the left.
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Snowy Street

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Description: View of a street in a town, probably Hixton, with footprints crisscrossing a snow-covered street. A group of men are standing on the porch of the hardware ...
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Snow-Covered Road

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Description: Winter scene with a man driving a wagon pulled by a single horse down a snow-covered road past a group of people and a church, possibly the Methodist Episc...
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Snow-Covered Road

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Description: Winter scene down the middle of a road with two boys standing in the snow. The road is lined by trees laden with ice.
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Man on Horse

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Description: Man posing mounted on a horse on a snow-covered street. Commercial buildings are in the background.
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Man Standing Near Child in Sled

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene with a man standing in a coat next to a child bundled in a sled on the snow-covered sidewalk in front of the storefront of J.R. McDonald. In t...
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Buchanan Comedy, Tonight

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Description: Crowd gathered on Main Street to see a poster and hear a band announcing the "Buchanan Comedy, Tonight."
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Group of People Outside Wildwood Hotel

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Description: Large group of men, women, children and dogs posing standing in front of the Wildwood Hotel. Snow is on the ground.
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Street View; A Small Town in Winter

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Description: Exterior view of snow-covered wooden buildings near an intersection.
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Two Sleighs on the Corner of South Second and Johnson Streets

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Description: View across street of a two horse-drawn sleighs on the street in front of a two-story wooden house, surrounded by snow. The house is identified as the resi...

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