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Relaxation on Hammocks

Date: 1898
Description: Men and women sitting in two hammocks. The people pictured are Julia Murray Ormsby, Fred Werner, and R. Effie (Ettie) Meinhold.
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Girl By Stream

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Description: Girl wearing dress, with hat in hand, standing next to a stream. She is shown from the back, looking downstream and waving.
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Woman in Rowboat

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Description: Woman standing in a rowboat near shore, testing the water with an oar.
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Bridge over the Black River

Date: 1923
Description: Elevated view of a bridge over the Black River during construction. It was built during 1923 and 1924 by the Wausau Iron Works. Tom Cleary was the Resident...
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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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Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
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Man in Buggy

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Description: Man in a buggy driving a team of two horses in the country. There may be a river in the background on the left.
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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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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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Two Girls in Hammock

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Description: Outdoor view of two girls in a hammock in a backyard. Water is indw the background.
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Woman Standing Near River

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Description: Woman posed standing on a small island or peninsula in the river.
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Woman Sitting Near Stream

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Description: Woman posed sitting on a log above a stream holding an umbrella.
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Women on Footbridge

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Description: Two women wearing fashionable hats stand on a footbridge over a stream.
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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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Couple Standing on a Shoreline

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Description: A man and a woman stand on a shoreline.
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Woman in Rowboat

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Description: A woman sits and leans over the side of a wooden rowboat on a river. The far shoreline can be seen in the background.
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Two Men on the Bank of a River

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Description: Two men stand with a hand on each other's shoulder on the bank of a river.
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Woman Sitting on Log

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Description: A woman holds on to her hat while sitting on a log next to a river.
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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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