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Group of People on Stagecoach

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Description: Group on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses. A man is standing on left in the road next to the stagecoach. In the left background are buildings a...
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Ferris Wheel

Date: 1893
Description: People gathered around a Ferris wheel.
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Elephants in Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd watching elephants in a circus parade. In the foreground are power lines and telephone poles.
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Crowd on Main Street Watching Parade

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Description: Crowd of people lined up along board sidewalk watching a parade on diagonal part of Main Street. The boardwalk on the other side of the street is elevated....
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Group of People in Parade

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Description: View down side of street towards a parade of men and women in patriotically decorated wagons coming up a road outside of town. People are watching from the...
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Men Parading with Axes

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Description: Men parading down street with axes over their shoulders. Probably the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal insurance body in the 1890s which was strong i...
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Men with Dog on Ice Jam

Date: 1876
Description: Three men and a dog are standing on thick chunks of ice looking over logs on an icy river.
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Three People Standing at Grave

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Description: Two women and a man visit a recent grave.
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Graveyard in Black River Falls

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Description: Graveyard with buildings in the background.
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Group of People near Waterfall

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Description: Group of four men and a girl standing on the opposite shoreline by the falls, with probably the Charter Oak Mill on the right on Squaw Creek.
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Woman Pushing Baby Carriage

Date: 1894
Description: Young woman in residential area, standing in a yard pushing a baby carriage with a ruffled top. On the left are houses, and in the far background a group o...
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Cats and Dogs on Sidewalk

Date: 1895
Description: Cat, kittens, and dogs sitting on a platform near a board sidewalk. Farm buildings and several woodpiles are visible in the background.
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Fallen Branches on Road

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Description: Large pile of tree branches fallen across the road near a board sidewalk.
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Sign on Fence Post

Date: 1895
Description: Fence and sign that says, "Dusty Roads and Weary Willies are Strictly Forbidden."
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Treelined Street and Board Sidewalk

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Description: Treelined dirt road in town with a board sidewalk.
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Wooden Picket Fence

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Description: View down side of wooden picket fence in a residential section of town. There is a wooden bench against the fence, and stalks of corn can be seen just over...
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Two-Story Frame House

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Description: Two-story frame house with a porch on the right half. A log sidewalk is in the front yard.
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Group of People in front of House

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Description: Group of people in front of a frame house with a top-buggy. Four women and two men The man on the far left is holding a bicycle.
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Group Posed in front of House

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Description: Three women, four men (one seated), a boy, and a girl posing in front of a house.

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