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Lineman Suspended above Street

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Description: Elevated view towards a lineman sitting in a suspended seat, possibly stringing telephone line. There is an automobile parked near a brick building across ...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank. Men are probably preparing the lot for the hous...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Team of horses powering a winch and moving a frame building. Before the flood of 1911, moving the Express building from the northeast corner of Main and Se...
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Men Loading Barrels on Wagons

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Description: Men loading barrels on horse-drawn wagons, probably the Onalaska Pickling and Canning Company on Winnebago Avenue.
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Brickmaking Plant

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Description: Brick plant, possibly the one at Haley, six to seven miles up the river from Black River Falls. May also be a sawmill, as piles of lumber are in the foregr...
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Five Men near Damaged Building

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Description: Horse and wagon carrying five men in front of a damaged building, probably the blast furnace for the York Iron Company.
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Log Jam

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Description: Log jam floating by the first railroad bridge over the river.
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Log Jam under Hatfield Wagon Bridge

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Description: Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Wagon Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the floo...
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Log Jam under Hatfield Bridge

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Description: Men working to break up a log jam under the Hatfield Bridge. This is the original Hatfield Bridge, destroyed when the Hatfield Dam failed in the flood of 1...
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Two Men with Steam Tractor

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Description: Two men operating a steam tractor/donkey used to haul logs. Piles of logs are stacked behind them.
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Railroad Bridge and Dam

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Description: G. B. & W. Railroad Bridge and the building of the Hatfield Dam.
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Pontoon Bridge

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Description: Pontoon bridge across the river on Fillmore Street built after the 1911 flood.
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Men with Two Horses

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Description: Tall horse and short horse drawing a covered-box wagon, probably the southeast corner of First and Main Streets.
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Group of Men on Wagon

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Description: Six men and a boy sitting on a wagon.
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Men with Workhorses

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Description: Men with workhorses hitched to a sleigh, possibly a Spaulding Oscillating Sleigh.
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Two Women in Road Cart

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Description: Two women in a road cart pulled by a mule. Mules were almost unknown at the time. The road cart was not a typical vehicle and was considered inappropriate ...
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Man in Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: Man in a wagon, leading another horse, which is probably a breeding stallion. Note that the horses' tails are tied up to keep them out of the mud. Building...
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Man in Road Cart

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Description: Man posing in a road cart, leading another horse. Two men stand on a board sidewalks in front of a large building on the other side of the street.

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